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Fragment: C.10-1910

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Unknown

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Description

Fragment of a dish centre. Pale red earthenware, the underside unglazed, the front coated with cream slip and originally tin-glazed, but only a small area is remaining. Painted in blue and yellow. Irregularly-shaped curved fragment with part of the footring.Part of the left side of a girl's face.

Notes

History note: Acquired in northern Italy between 1908-1910, probably from Bologna; Richard Sneade Brown (1851-1917) of Heathcote, Worthing

Legal notes

Given by R.S. Brown

Measurements and weight

Depth: 1.6 cm
Length: 9.7 cm
Width: 6.6 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1910-05-30) by Brown, Richard Sneade

Dating

16th Century
17th Century#
Circa 1500 - 1700

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( in blue and yellow)

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Slip-coated : Pale red earthenware, the underside unglazed, the front coated with cream slip and originally tin-glazed, but only a small area is remaining. Painted in blue and yellow.
Tin-glazing

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.10-1910
Primary reference Number: 81156
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 16 May 2017 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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