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| Keywords: Hispano-Moresque - Bowl for Sausage Making - Walters 481100.jpg An inscription in Spanish on the rim of this bowl cites the name of its owner and alludes to its function making it one of the most interesting surviving examples of late Hispano-Moresque pottery Esperança de Tierça wife of Miguel de Navarro and keeper of the tripes in the town of Muel Year 1603 Inside the bowl is the name Juan Escribano surely the craftsman Tripe is pig intestine used for the casing of sausage The casing would be fitted over the spout and the meat mixture in the bowl forced into it The population of Muel consisted mainly of moriscos Spanish subjects of Moorish descent who made their living as potters The town's lusterware production stopped almost completely when the moriscos were expelled a few years after this bowl was made 1603 earthenware with tin glaze and luster decoration cm 10 4 29 4 accession number 48 1100 15525 Dikran Kelekian Constantinople and Paris by purchase Henry Walters Baltimore before 1909 by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters before 1909 Artful Dining The Exhibition The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1994 place of origin Muel Spain Walters Art Museum license Islamic art in the Walters Art Museum 1603 in Spain Lustreware Hispano-Moresque ware Muel maiolica | ||||
