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Fragment: C.4.8-1964

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Current Location: In storage

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Potter: Unknown

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Maiolica fragment of the rim of a dish, painted in polychrome with stylised buds, leaves and stems.

Buff earthenware, tin-glazed creamy-white on both sides and painted in blue, copper-green, yellow and orange.
Of irregular shape with the curved edge of the rim on one side. Part of a border design of interlacing yellow lines containing stylised leaves, with stylised buds on stems projecting from the intersection of the lines. On the reverse, a rough cross in blue and part of another.

Notes

History note: From a pozzo in Orvieto. Collection of Signor Avvocato Marcioni & Cavaliere Capitano Lucatelli; purchased from Fenton, Cranbourne St., shortly after the sale at Sotheby's on 16-17 February, 1914, but not included in it.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Bernard Rackham

Measurements and weight

Depth: 1.4 cm
Length: 6.2 cm
Width: 6.0 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1964-03-12) by Rackham, Bernard

Dating

16th Century, Mid
Renaissance
Circa 1540 CE - 1560 CE

School or Style

Renaissance

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( in blue, copper-green, yellow and orange)

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware, tin-glazed creamy-white on both sides and painted in blue, copper-green, yellow and orange.

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.4.8-1964
Primary reference Number: 74915

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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