Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Maker:
Unknown
(Perhaps)
Entities
Categories
Description
Fragmentary plate (7 joined fragments). Pale buff earthenware, thickly potted, tin-glazed creamy white on both sides. Painted in blue, yellow and brown.
Circular with wide gently sloping rim and shallow well, slightly convex in the middle.
The central medallion contains two hands clasping a flaming heart (?) on a blue background, with incised ribbons above and below the wrists, enclosed by a wide blue circle between two narrow. On the sides are small blue crossed rhomboids alternating with short wavy lines and dots, and three blue bands round the shoulder. The rim is decorated with linked strapwork knots in circles, with stylized foliage in the background, and the edge is encircled by blue and yellow bands. On the back are radiating blue squiggles and arrowheads.
Notes
History note: Purportedly purchased at Siena by F. Leverton Harris.
Legal notes
F. Leverton Harris Bequest
Measurements and weight
Diameter: 25.0 cm
Height: 3.0 cm
Place(s) associated
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1926)
by
Harris, Frederick Leverton
Dating
16th Century
Renaissance
Circa
1510
CE
-
1525
CE
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, yellow and brown)
Materials used in production
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Tin-glazing
: Pale buff earthenware, thickly potted, tin-glazed creamy white on both sides. Painted in blue, yellow and brown.
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.143-1927
Primary reference Number: 48145
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Thursday 11 August 2016
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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