IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 167199 accession number: C.4A-D-2009 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Pinkish buff earthenware, moulded, and painted red. The hen (A) has a domed base decorated with six impressed wheels. Its roughly oval body has a mouthpiece at the tail end, six holes in the top of the back, and two small holes in its head for eyes. Its beak and comb are painted red. Chicken B has a flat base with a mouthpiece at the tail end, two small holes for eyes, a semi-circle of impressions on each side, and a red beak. Chicken C is similar but a little broarder. Chicken D is a little larger with markings on its back, a semi-circle of small impressions on each side, and a red beak. object type: earthenware decorated with with red pigment title: whistle NOTES ----- type: history note value: the potter, Paola Biancalana, La Badia, near Orvieto,Umbria LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Dr Alberto Satolli STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/167199 SUBJECTS ------------------- whistle hen chicken whistle hen chicken TECHNIQUES ---------- hand-modelling CATEGORIES ------ category: earthenware DATING ------ creation date: 2009 - 2009 creation date earliest: 2009 creation date latest: 2009 culture: 20th Century, Early CREATORS -------- maker: Biancalana, Paola CITATIONS -------- Fischio di Gioco ---