IDENTIFIERS
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id:	73670
accession number:	C.253-1991

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 18 December 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Buff earthenware, covered overall with thick tin-glaze, which has crawled on the left and right of the front, leaving several small bare areas. The glaze on both sides has many pinholes. Painted in pale blue.
Circular with a narrow rim, shallow gadrooned sides, and convex centre with a circular emplacement for a ewer, surrounded by radiating petals. The basin has warped in firing.
In the middle inside a circle, a putto stands holding a sword or baton, surrounded by insects, leaves and fruit. In the well are four vignettes of buildings in landscapes. The rest of the surface is scattered with detached stylised floral sprays and insects. A narrow band encircles the outer edge.
object type: Maiolica basin for ewer, painted in pale blue with, in the middle, a putto, surrounded by insects, leaves, fruit and buildings in landscapes.
title:	basin

NOTES
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type: history note
value: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.


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:	H.S. Reitlinger
creditline: H.S. Reitlinger Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/73670

PEOPLE
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putto

SUBJECTS
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sword
insects
leaves
fruit
sword
insects
leaves
fruit



TECHNIQUES
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Buff earthenware, covered overall with thick tin-glaze, which has crawled on the left and right of the front, leaving several small bare areas. The glaze on both sides has many pinholes. Painted in pale blue.
moulding
TECHNIQUES
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tin-glazing

CATEGORIES
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category: tin-glazed earthenware
category: maiolica

DATING
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creation date:	1690 - 1720
creation date earliest:	1690
creation date latest:	1720
culture:	17th Century#
culture:	18th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unidentified Deruta pottery

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Diameter
units: cm
value: 45.7

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 4.7



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Italian Maiolica in the Fitzwilliam Museum
CITATIONS
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Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge
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