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Bowl: C.74-1927

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unknown (Possibly)

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Description

Red earthenware, the interior covered with white slip, marbled in dark blue under lead-glaze; the exterior and rim have green glaze which has become iridescent. Circular, standing on a narrow, solid foot, slightly concave underneath; the sides rise upwards and outwards in a convex curve and are everted at the rim (Shape 89).

Notes

History note: Dug up near Mantua, Ferrara; F. Leverton Harris (1864-1926)

Legal notes

F. Leverton Harris Bequest, 1926

Measurements and weight

Height: 5.6 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Ferrara ⪼ Emilia-Romagna ⪼ Italy
  • Mantua ⪼ Lombardy ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1927) by Harris, Frederick Leverton

Dating

16th Century, Mid#
Renaissance
Circa 1535 CE - 1565 CE

Note

Probably made in Lombardy or Emilia-Romagna, but its find site suggests that it was made in the former.

Components of the work

Decoration composed of lead-glaze high-temperature colours
Foot Diameter 12.1 cm
Interior

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular with cut corners and blue printed border

  • Text: Dug up/near Mantua/M 50/? Ferrara
  • Method of creation: Inscribed in blue-black ink
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.74-1927
Primary reference Number: 48148
Old object number: M50
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 9 January 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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