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St Francis
Potter: Unknown (Perhaps)
Renaissance maiolica cup with one handle, painted in blue and yellow with, on the inside, St Francis kneeling in front of a Cross.
Earthenware, tin-glazed (?) creamy-white inside and outside; base unglazed. Painted in blue and dark yellow.
Circular with slightly carinated sides, one trefoil-shaped lug, and a narrow base. Inside, St Francis holding a rosary kneels in front of a Cross. Round the sides are two narrow blue bands and a wider orange band between pairs of blue, and, on the rim, oblique blue strokes. The handle is striped in yellow. Outside are eight alternately blue and yellow vertical stripes.
History note: Probably the `Small Siena wine-scoop w. praying monk' purchased from Cecil Leitch & Kerin Ltd, London, on 7 October 1932 by H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest
Height: 4.5 cm
Width: 13.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
16th Century
Circa
1500
CE
-
1600
CE
Label text from the exhibition ‘Madonnas and Miracles: The Holy Home in Renaissance Italy’, on display at The Fitzwilliam Museum from 7 March until 4 June 2017: Conduct books insisted that the family meal should be a sober, devout occasion. Everyday crockery with sacred motifs, such as the instruments of the Passion of Christ, or the cross bearing the nails that pierced Christ’s body, reminded diners of the central beliefs of their faith, while scenes from the lives of the saints, such as the image of St Francis with a rosary on the one-handled cup, offered models of Christian piety, obedience and restraint.
Rim
Diameter 10.8 cm
Decoration
blue and dark yellow
High-temperature colours
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed (?) creamy-white inside and outside; base unglazed. Painted in blue and dark yellow.
Accession number: C.205-1991
Primary reference Number: 73056
Packing number: EURCER 422
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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