French earthenware fire cover

An image of Fire Cover/couvre feu. Lead-glazed earthenware. Production Place: Sorrus, France. Incised, ‘JACQVES BATBAU ANNO 1616’.

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Fire Cover/couvre feu. Lead-glazed earthenware. Production Place: Sorrus, France. Incised, ‘JACQVES BATBAU ANNO 1616’.

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Accession Number: C.1814-1928
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 990 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 325.96kB
Exposure time: 1/250
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1

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17th Century Date Department Fitz_AA French Material Medium Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Predominant Colours Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd cover dated earthenware figures fire cover floral gentleman glazed hearts incised inscriptions lady lead-glazed ochre pottery yellow

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