IDENTIFIERS
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id:	48525
accession number:	C.67-1927

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, the exterior is tin-glazed; the interior, lead-glazed. Painted in blue, and with yellow lustre.
Bulbous body with a slender neck widening towards the slanting rim, and strap handle.
In a rectangular panel on the front, St Francis holding a rosary, kneels facing towards a Cross flanked by plants. On each side is a stem and buds between two vertical lines; below, a band of scallops and a series of alternating blue, reserved white and yellow lustre bands. The upper part of the neck and the back and sides of the handle are lustred.
object type: Maiolica jug painted in blue and gold lustre with St Francis at prayer, with borders of stems and buds, a band of scallops and horizontal and vertical lines
title:	jug

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Florence, where purchased 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
collection:	F. Leverton Harris
creditline: F. Leverton Harris Bequest, 1926

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/48525

PEOPLE
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St Francis

SUBJECTS
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crucifix
praying
rosary
plants
crucifix
praying
rosary
plants



CATEGORIES
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category: tin-glazed earthenware
category: maiolica
category: lustreware

DATING
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creation date:	1500 - 1530
creation date earliest:	1500
creation date latest:	1530
culture:	16th Century, Early#
culture:	Renaissance

CREATORS
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maker: Unidentified Deruta pottery

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 20.5

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 10.5



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Italian Maiolica in the Fitzwilliam Museum
CITATIONS
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The Leverton Harris Collection
Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge
Ceramiche Umbre dal Medioevo allo Storicismo, Parte Prima, Orvieto e Deruta
Museo della Ceramica Duca di Martina, La Maiolica Italiana
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