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Salt: C.2273-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown (Perhaps)

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Description

Earthenware, tin-glazed overall, except for the undersides of the feet. The glaze is thick, but where it lies thinly the fabric shows through it. Painted in yellow and orange.
The shallow, circular saltpan has an everted rim and is supported on the heads of four winged female terminal figures, rising from the corners of a square plinth on four paw feet.
Wide yellow lines between narrow orange lines run round the inner and outer edges of the rim of the salt pan and round the top and bottom of the sides of the plinth.

Notes

History note: Unknown before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 10.1 cm
Height: 14.5 cm
Width: 10.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

17th Century
Circa 1600 CE - 1650 CE

Note

Central Italy, perhaps Deruta or Urbino district

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( yellow and orange)

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Earthenware, tin-glazed overall, except for the undersides of the feet. The glaze is thick, but where it lies thinly the fabric shows through it. Painted in yellow and orange.
Tin-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2273-1928
Primary reference Number: 79135
Old object number: 4845

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 25 March 2024

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

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