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Pottery: Unknown (Probably)
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in poychrome with, in the middle, a shield and, on the sides, palmettes, cornucopiae and leaf borders.
Pale yellowish buff earthenware, tin-glazed on the interior of the bowl and exterior; the interior of the foot unglazed. Painted in blue, green, yellow, dark yellow, red, manganese, and black.
Shape 73. Circular with deep sides and almost flat base; high spreading foot with a sloping outer edge.
In the middle, framed by blue and yellow zig-zags between concentric circles, is a shield of testa di cavallo form charged with the arms or, six balls gules (shown dark yellow) surrounding one azure charged with three fleurs-de-lis or, set diagonally on a square with blue and yellow corners, reserved in a yellow ground decorated with blue dotted geometrical motifs. On the sides, green and blue palmettes alternate with formal plants flanked by cornucopiae reserved in a dark yellow ground. A blue band encircles the rim. Outside, there are formal plants flanked by cornucopiae reserved in a dark yellow ground, with above, a blue and yellow leaf border, and below, blue and yellow horizontal bands. The underside of the bowl is decorated with red and dark yellow San Bernardino rays radiating from blue and yellow concentric bands. On the stem and foot are mock gadroons with yellow diamonds in the spaces at their lower ends, and, on the outer edge, a border of scale pattern between blue bands.
History note: Alfred Spero, London
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 18.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1932-01-07) by Spero, Alfred
16th Century, Early#
Circa
1500
CE
-
1525
CE
Formerly attributed to Cafaggiolo, but more likely to have been made at Montelupo.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, green, yellow, dark yellow, red, manganese, and black)
Foot
Diameter 14.6 cm
Rim
Diameter 27 cm
except foot interior
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Throwing
: Pale yellowish buff earthenware, tin-glazed on the interior of the bowl and exterior; the interior of the foot unglazed. Painted in blue, green, yellow, dark yellow, red, manganese, and black.
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.3-1932
Primary reference Number: 48355
Glaishe additions number: Gl. Add.36-1932
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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