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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Unknown (Probably)

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Description

Three tiles from a border, arranged one above the other in a wooden frame. Tin-glazed earthenware with painted polychrome decoration: blue, greyish-blue, yellow, orange, green and manganese. A putto sitting on the edge of a pedestal and holding a large branch of scrolling foliage.

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Place(s) associated

  • Seville ⪼ Spain

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

16th Century
Circa 1500 CE - 1550 CE

Note

Spanish, Seville (?)

School or Style

Renaissance

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, greyish-blue, yellow, orange, green and manganese)
Front composed of tin-glaze

Materials used in production

Earthenware

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2128-1928
Primary reference Number: 15879
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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