Maiolica jug with a coat of arms

An image of Tin-glazed earthenware jug, maiolica. Eathenware, partly lead-glazed and partly tin-glazed and painted in black and green with a coat-of arms flanked by applied pine cones. Height 12.4 cm, diameter (base) 7.1 cm, diameter (body) 10.2 cm, width (whole) 10.6 cm. Medieval, circa 1275 to 1375. Orvieto, Umbria.

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Tin-glazed earthenware jug, maiolica. Eathenware, partly lead-glazed and partly tin-glazed and painted in black and green with a coat-of arms flanked by applied pine cones. Height 12.4 cm, diameter (base) 7.1 cm, diameter (body) 10.2 cm, width (whole) 10.6 cm. Medieval, circa 1275 to 1375. Orvieto, Umbria.

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Accession Number: C.47-1927
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 769 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 623.46kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2009:08:10 13:49:33

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13th Century 14th Century boar coat of arms earthenware Fitz_AA glazed green Italian jug lead-glazed maiolica Medieval pine cones pine trees pottery spout spouted tin-glazed trees

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