Maiolica pilgrim's souvenir bowl with the Virgin and Child

An image of Maiolica. Bowl/Pilgrim's souvenir bowl. Virgin and Child. Unknown, maker, perhaps Pesaro or Loreto area, The Marches. Inside, the Virgin holding the Christ Child stands between sprays of foliage in front of the Santa Casa. Round the rim between greyish-blue lines there are alternating sprays of greyish-blue and yellow leaves, interrupted by the words 'CON.POL.DI.S.CASA' (with dust of the Holy House) in manganese. Outside, there are two greyish-blue bands below the rim, which is yellow. Pale yellowish-buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed overall. Painted in greyish-blue, sage-green, yellow, orange, brown, and manganese, height, whole, 3.9 cm, diameter, whole, 10.9 cm, circa 1700- 1800.

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Maiolica. Bowl/Pilgrim's souvenir bowl. Virgin and Child. Unknown, maker, perhaps Pesaro or Loreto area, The Marches. Inside, the Virgin holding the Christ Child stands between sprays of foliage in front of the Santa Casa. Round the rim between greyish-blue lines there are alternating sprays of greyish-blue and yellow leaves, interrupted by the words 'CON.POL.DI.S.CASA' (with dust of the Holy House) in manganese. Outside, there are two greyish-blue bands below the rim, which is yellow. Pale yellowish-buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed overall. Painted in greyish-blue, sage-green, yellow, orange, brown, and manganese, height, whole, 3.9 cm, diameter, whole, 10.9 cm, circa 1700- 1800.

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Accession Number: C.2244-1928
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 1009 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 267.95kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1

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18th Century Baby Jesus Christ Christ child Christmas Date Department Fitz_AA Italian Jesus Madonna Marian Mary Material Medium Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords People Predominant Colours Virgin Mary Virgin and Child Workflow Xmas _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd bowl circular earthenware glazed infants inscribed inscriptions maiolica manganese mother mother and child orange painted pilgrim's bowl religion religious round souvenir spray thrown tin-glazed yellow

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