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Pale buff earthenware. Tin-glazed off-white on the exterior; inside of neck clear-glazed; base unglazed. The glaze is extremely shiny and, where thin, has a pinkish tone. There are patches of grey discolouration on the front and handle. Painted in dark inky-blue which has run, pale yellow, and very dark manganese-brown.
Bulbous ovoid body with short cylindrical neck, spout projecting upwards from the shoulder, and strap handle.
On the front, within a circular `ladder' frame, is a shield of testa di cavallo form, charged with the arms argent a fess sable between a crescent azure and a moor's head azure, flanked by wavy ropes reserved in a blue ground. The frame is surrounded by a garland of stylised flowers, fruit and foliage. On the sides there are scattered palm-like leaves, and, down the handle, five pairs of horizontal blue stripes.
History note: Purchased at Arezzo by F. Leverton Harris.
F. Leverton Harris Bequest
Height: 26.0 cm
Width: 24.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1926) by Harris, Frederick Leverton
15th Century, Late
19th Century, Late#
20th Century, Early
Circa
1475
CE
-
1500
CE
Circa
1890
CE
-
1910
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( dark inky-blue which has run, pale yellow, and very dark manganese-brown)
Base
Diameter 11.4 cm
Rim
Diameter 9.7 cm
except base
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Tin-glazing : Pale buff earthenware. Tin-glazed off-white on the exterior; inside of neck clear-glazed; base unglazed. The glaze is extremely shiny and, where thin, has a pinkish tone. Painted in dark inky-blue which has run, pale yellow, and very dark manganese-brown.
Accession number: C.103-1927
Primary reference Number: 48256
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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