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Potter: Unknown
Maiolica bust of a woman, painted in polychrome.
Earthenware, tin-glazed except for the base. Painted in greyish-blue, green, yellow, orange, and a little manganese-purple. Frontal bust of a woman truncated below the breasts.The woman has auburn hair elaborately dressed with ribbons and a diadem.She wears a necklace of large orange beads, and her yellow and green gown is draped across her body exposing the left breast. On her right shoulder is a projecting ring with the ends of the fabric drawn through it.
History note: Probably purchased in July 1918 from Delany (or Dulany); H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest
Height: 20.4 cm
Width: 17.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
17th Century#
Circa
1600
CE
-
1700
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( greyish-blue, green, yellow, orange, and a little manganese-purple)
except for the base
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed except for the base. Painted in greyish-blue, green, yellow, orange, and a little manganese-purple.
Accession number: C.267-1991
Primary reference Number: 73886
Packing number: EURCER 389
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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