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Renaissance maiolica fragment, painted in dark blue and yellow with two tendrils and point of a leaf.
Fragment, probably from a jug. Buff earthenware, lead-glazed brownish-yellow on the interior, tin-glazed white on the exterior. Painted in dark blue with a touch of yellow.
Elongated rectangular shape, wider at one end than the other.
Decorated with the ends of two tendrils and the point of a leaf.
History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.
Length: 9.5 cm
Width: 4.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
15th Century, Late
16th Century, Early#
Renaissance
Circa
1475
-
1525
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( dark blue with a touch of yellow)
Interior
composed of
lead-glaze
Exterior
composed of
tin-glaze
Accession number: C.276-1991
Primary reference Number: 74036
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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