IDENTIFIERS
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id:	80815
accession number:	C.2258-1928

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 25 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Earthenware, tin-glazed pale yellowish-grey on the exterior; the hollow interior unglazed. Painted in blue, green, yellow, and manganese-brown.
Thrown and modelled.
The woman stands on a circular base with an upturned edge. Her hair and features are drawn in brown. She wears a dress with a full, striped skirt decorated with two flounces. Its green bodice has narrow sleeves, widening at the elbow. Round her neck and shoulders she wears a striped scarf, crossed over in front and fastened with a circular brooch. Her hat has an upturned brim; the hollow crown serves as a receptacle for the oil. On each side it has a projection with a hole on top for a wick. She holds a yellow mandolin.  The back is undecorated.
object type: Maiolica lamp in the shape of a woman, painted in polychrone.
title:	lamp

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Palermo, where purchased on 29 April 1904 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher (MS 2083).


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	J. W. L. Glaisher
creditline: Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/80815

PEOPLE
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woman

SUBJECTS
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mandolin
mandolin



TECHNIQUES
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Earthenware, tin-glazed pale yellowish-grey on the exterior; the hollow interior unglazed. Painted in blue, green, yellow, and manganese-brown. Thrown and modelled.
throwing
TECHNIQUES
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modeling (forming)

CATEGORIES
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category: tin-glazed earthenware
category: maiolica

DATING
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creation date:	1850 - 1900
creation date earliest:	1850
creation date latest:	1900
culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Diameter
units: cm
value: 16.5

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 32.6



CITATIONS
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Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge
Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge
Graziose figurine in maiolica per rischiarare le notti siciliane
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