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Maker: Unknown (Probably)
Buff earthenware. The interior and foot are lead-glazed yellowish-brown; the rest is tin-glazed pale buff. Painted in black and copper-green.
Shape 18. Pear-shaped body standing on a low, slightly spreading foot; the cylindrical neck expands towards the rim which is pinched at the front to form a lip; loop handle of oval section.
On each side of the handle, there is a vertical row of Ss between two sets of three black vertical lines. The rest of the body is diagonally striped with green lines edged with black. Above and below are pairs of horizontal black bands, and, on the neck, a broad wavy green band with a black band above. The handle has two groups of horizontal black stripes with three dabs of green between them and a larger dab at its base.
History note: Probably purchased from Siena by F. Leverton Harris.
F. Leverton Harris Bequest
Height: 14.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1926) by Harris, F. Leverton, The Right Hon.
14th Century
Medieval
Circa
1300
CE
-
1400
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( black and copper-green)
Interior And Foot
composed of
lead-glaze
Exterior
composed of
tin-glaze
Base
Diameter 7.0 cm
Handle To Spout
Width 10.3 cm
At Widest Point
Width 9.4 cm
Body
Accession number: C.109-1927
Primary reference Number: 48027
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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