Ceramic cheese container

Ceramic cheese container. A cylindrical container with a flat bottom and wide mouth with double-rimmed lips, the lower of which is decorated with oblique incisions. It has two small grips on the sides and a circular convex lid on the top with a downward-facing lip so as to fit on the mouth. It has a stripe of dot and zig-zag patterns incised around the mouth and several grooves. It is glazed on the inside, the top half, the grips and lid in yellow or white earth with green stains.

Jaén has three traditional pottery production centres with a strong identity that continue to be fairly active: Bailén, Andújar and Úbeda. They share some defining characteristics in common: the wealth and perfection in their mastery of glazing even when applied to different types and productions. In fact, Úbeda was the most humble centre of the three but made an attempt to cover the full range of household pieces -glazed and unglazed- with different types of slipware, baths and decorations, within the traditional patterns for which it was famous. Martos and Alcalá la Real are secondary centres, although they are also influenced by other centres and have a smaller, less varied production.