Context (Field collection)
Note in G.H.S. Bushnell's hand on catalogue card for 1947.304 A-B, but applying to the whole Macandrew collection, reads: 'The collection said, on the Colchester label, to come from Chimbote and Trujillo'.
Event Date
Author: Genevieve Holt

Context (Other owners)
Collected by Arthur Edwin Macandrew during 30 years he lived in Peru, where he was the manager of a sugar plantation. He donated his collection to the Colchester Museum in July 1931; the collection was subsequently transferred to MAA in 1947.​
Event Date 1931
Author: maa

Context (References)
(1932). The Colchester & Essex Museum Annual Report, 1931-1932. Colchester: Cullingford & Co., Ltd. pp. 4 & 53
Event Date 1932
Author: Genevieve Holt

Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card in G.H.S. Bushnell’s hand reads: ‘Probably Trujillo District’.
Event Date 1947
Author: Genevieve Holt

Description (Physical description)
Jar with narrow neck and loop handle, red and white painted decoration, with 3 ?flamingoes.
Event Date 1947
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Bichrome vessel with strap handle and three birds painted on body, possibly flamingos, with fine line detailing. Rounded upright rim, strap handle extending from the middle of the spout to the upper half of the body; rounded body, tapering slightly to flat base. Birds, band around bottom of spout, bottom of vessel and base slipped red. Cracking in body.
Event Date 12/12/2024
Author: Genevieve Holt