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Head of the Virgin
Production: Unknown
Buff earthenware, hand-modelled and covered with greyish-white tin-glaze which has crazed. Painted in blue, orange, and manganese-purple. Head from a figure of the Virgin, broken off at the neck. The Virgin's veil is incised with spirals.
History note: Unknown
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 10.0 cm
Width: 7.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century#
Circa
1600
CE
-
1700
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( in blue, orange, and manganese-purple)
Hand-modelling
: Buff earthenware, hand-modelled and covered with greyish-white tin-glaze which has crazed. Painted in blue, orange, and manganese-purple.
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.x-1928
Primary reference Number: 76520
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Head of the Virgin" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/76520 Accessed: 2024-12-22 23:33:44
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University of Cambridge}}
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