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Fragment: C.137-1927

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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Description

Fragment of a plate rim. Pale red earthenware, tin-glazed on both sides and painted in blue.
Approximately oblong with a curve on one side.
On the inner edge, part of a wide blue and a narrow blue band; on the rim, part of a border of stylised foliage interrupted by a 'bull's eye' motif incised with two concentreic circles; on the outer edge, a narrow and a wide blue band. On the reverse, part of a crossed rhomboid and a radiating squiggle.

Notes

History note: Purportedly purchased in Siena by F. Leverton Harris.

Measurements and weight

Depth: 0.6 cm
Length: 8.0 cm
Width: 4.2 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Siena ⪼ Tuscany ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1926) by Harris, Frederick Leverton

Dating

16th Century
Renaissance
Circa 1500 CE - 1525 CE

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue) tin-glaze

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.137-1927
Primary reference Number: 48139
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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