IDENTIFIERS
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id:	48145
accession number:	C.143-1927

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Fragmentary plate (7 joined fragments). Pale buff earthenware, thickly potted, tin-glazed creamy white on both sides. Painted in blue, yellow and brown.
Circular with wide gently sloping rim and shallow well, slightly convex in the middle.
The central medallion contains two hands clasping a flaming heart (?) on a blue background, with incised ribbons above and below the wrists, enclosed by a wide blue circle between two narrow. On the sides are small blue crossed rhomboids alternating with short wavy lines and dots, and three blue bands round the shoulder. The rim is decorated with linked strapwork knots in circles, with stylized foliage in the background, and the edge is encircled by blue and yellow bands. On the back are radiating blue squiggles and arrowheads.
title:	plate

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Purportedly purchased at 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
collection:	F. Leverton Harris
creditline: F. Leverton Harris Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/48145





TECHNIQUES
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Pale buff earthenware, thickly potted, tin-glazed creamy white on both sides. Painted in blue, yellow and brown.
tin-glazing

CATEGORIES
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category: tin-glazed earthenware
category: maiolica

DATING
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creation date:	1510 - 1525
creation date earliest:	1510
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: 25.0

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 3.0



CITATIONS
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Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge
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