These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.
Download this imageCreative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.
Pottery: Cafaggiolo Workshop
Renaissance, maiolica jug, painted in gold lustre with a scale pattern, trellis diaper, diagonal strokes and horizontal bands.
Pale yellowish buff earthenware, tin-glazed creamy-white on the interior and exterior; base unglazed. Painted in gold lustre, appearing red in some areas.
Pear-shaped, standing on a low foot, the short neck expanding slightly towards the rim which is pinched at the front to form a lip; roll handle with thumbprints at its upper and lower ends.
On the front, there is a wide panel of scale pattern flanked by narrower panels of trellis diaper; below, a wide zone of lustre and a row of diagonal strokes between narrow horizontal bands, and on the neck, elongated oval motifs between narrow horizontal bands. The rim, edge of the foot, and outside of the handle are lustred. Inside the neck is an `A'. Below the handle is the mark SP in monogram with a stroke through the tail of the P.
History note: Cecil Leitch & Kerin Ltd., London.
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund.
Height: 18.3 cm
Width: 11 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1931-10-18) by Cecil Leitch & Kerin Ltd.
16th Century, Early#
Circa
1500
CE
-
1520
CE
Made in the workshop founded by Piero and Stefano di Filippo di Dimitri Schiavone from Montelupo in 1498
Decoration
composed of
reduced pigment lustre
( gold lustre)
Foot
Diameter 8 cm
Body
except base
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Inscription present: SP with a paraph through the tail of the P
Accession number: C.43-1931
Primary reference Number: 48334
Glaisher Additions number: C.34-1931
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Jug" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/48334 Accessed: 2024-11-21 22:13:10
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/48334
|title=Jug
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-21 22:13:10|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-48334
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center">
<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa19/C_43_1931.jpg"
alt="Jug"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Jug</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...
