St Francis
Potter: Unidentified Deruta pottery
Maiolica jug, painted in blue, yellow, and orange with St Francis holding a rosary.
Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed on the exterior; the interior of the neck lead-glazed honey-brown. Painted in dark blue, yellow, and orange.
Bulbous body, with a slender neck and slightly everted mouth; loop handle of D-section with a thumb print at the lower end.
On the front, within a pear-shaped panel with a `ladder' frame, St Francis holding a rosary kneels in prayer before a Cross. In the background to right there is a church. The rest of the body is decorated with horizontal and vertical lines, short strokes and dotted disks, and the handle with horizontal orange stripes.
History note: Unknown
F. Leverton Harris Bequest
Height: 19.5 cm
Width: 11.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1926) by Harris, Frederick Leverton
16th Century, Early#
Renaissance
Circa
1500
-
1530
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( dark blue, yellow, and orange)
tin-glaze
Interior Of Neck
composed of
lead-glaze
( honey-brown colour)
Base
Diameter 7.6 cm
Body
Inscription present: rectangular with cut corners and blue printed border
Accession number: C.66-1927
Primary reference Number: 48664
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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