IDENTIFIERS
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id:	48103
accession number:	C.123-1927

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 11 August 2016

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed pale cream overall. Painted in mid- and dark blue, green, yellow, and brownish-orange.
Originally circular with wide flat rim and deep curved well.
In the well, the missing central medallion is framed by a band of blue knots on a yellow ground, a wide blue band, darker blue scallops, alternating green and yellow stylized plant motifs, and another blue band. The rim is decorated with short blue radiating strokes on a yellow ground, orange scales outlined in dark blue with a cream c in each scale, and, round the edge, blue scallops on a yellow band. On the back, there are blue outlined leaves each with a central longitudinal vein, crossed in blue on one leaf and dark yellow on the next, and, in the spaces by the rim, green dabs.
title:	fragment

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Purportedly purchased in Siena by F. Leverton Harris.


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: F. Leverton Harris Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/48103


SUBJECTS
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plant
plant



TECHNIQUES
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tin-glazing

CATEGORIES
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category: tin-glazed earthenware
category: maiolica

DATING
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creation date:	1500 - 1525
creation date earliest:	1500
creation date latest:	1525
culture:	16th Century
culture:	Renaissance

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Diameter
units: cm
value: 23.8

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 3.8



CITATIONS
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Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge
Italian Renaissance Ceramics: A Catalogue of the British Museum Collection, Volume I and Volume II
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