IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 48145 accession number: C.143-1927 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- 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 ----- type: history note value: Purportedly purchased at Siena by F. Leverton Harris. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: F. Leverton Harris creditline: F. Leverton Harris Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/48145 TECHNIQUES ---------- Pale buff earthenware, thickly potted, tin-glazed creamy white on both sides. Painted in blue, yellow and brown. tin-glazing CATEGORIES ------ category: tin-glazed earthenware category: maiolica DATING ------ creation date: 1510 - 1525 creation date earliest: 1510 creation date latest: 1525 culture: 16th Century culture: Renaissance CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Diameter units: cm value: 25.0 dimension: Height units: cm value: 3.0 CITATIONS -------- Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge ---