IDENTIFIERS
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id:	48256
accession number:	C.103-1927

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 18 December 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: 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.
title:	jug

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Purchased at Arezzo 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
creditline: F. Leverton Harris Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/48256


SUBJECTS
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shield
coat-of-arms
foliage
flowers
fruit
shield
coat-of-arms
foliage
flowers
fruit



TECHNIQUES
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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. Painted in dark inky-blue which has run, pale yellow, and very dark manganese-brown.
tin-glazing

CATEGORIES
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category: tin-glazed earthenware
category: maiolica

DATING
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creation date:	1475 - 1500
creation date earliest:	1475
creation date latest:	1500
culture:	15th Century, Late
culture:	19th Century, Late#
culture:	20th Century, Early

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 26.0

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 24.5



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Counterfeits, Imitations and Copies of Works of Art
CITATIONS
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The Leverton Harris Collection
Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge
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