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Stove tile. Buff earthenware, moulded in relief and pierced, tin-glazed on the upper surface and painted in blue, pale green, yellow and manganese. In the middle, Judith holding a sword and the head of Holofernes in an openwork background, within an oval frame, decorated with scrolls, drapery and fruit. At the top, a shell flanked by scrolls; at the bottom, a projecting ledge.
History note: Bought from B. Peters', Lucerne, September, 1901
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Depth: 3.8 cm
Height: 20.6 cm
Length: 21.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century#
Circa
1600
CE
-
1700
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, pale green, yellow and manganese)
Glaze
composed of
tin-glaze
Moulding
: Earthenware, moulded in relief and pierced, tin-glazed on the upper surface and painted in blue, pale green, yellow and manganese
Piercing
Accession number: C.2965-1928
Primary reference Number: 15910
Old object number: Gl. 1818
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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