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Border tile from the Palazzo Petrucci: C.128-1927

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Border tile from the Palazzo Petrucci

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Upper part of part of a rectangular border tile from the Palazzo Petrucci. Cream earthenware, tin-glazed on the upper surface. Painted in dark blue, green, yellow, orange, brownish-red, and, on the border tile, black.
The upper part of a rectangular border tile has a black ground decorated with grotesques including the head of a sphinx, a monster and a putto, with an egg and dart border above.

Notes

History note: Purportedly purchased in Siena by F. Leverton Harris.

Legal notes

F. Leverton Harris Bequest, 1926

Measurements and weight

Depth: 2.0 cm
Height: 10.4 cm
Width: 13.2 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Siena ⪼ Tuscany ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1927) by Harris, F. Leverton, The Right Hon.

Dating

16th Century
Renaissance
Production date: circa AD 1509

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( dark blue, green, yellow, orange, brownish-red, and black)
Upper Surface composed of tin-glaze

Materials used in production

Earthenware

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.128-1927
Primary reference Number: 48109
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 16 January 2024 Last processed: Tuesday 13 February 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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