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Pottery: Unknown (Possibly)
Red earthenware, the interior covered with white slip, marbled in dark blue under lead-glaze; the exterior and rim have green glaze which has become iridescent. Circular, standing on a narrow, solid foot, slightly concave underneath; the sides rise upwards and outwards in a convex curve and are everted at the rim (Shape 89).
History note: Dug up near Mantua, Ferrara; F. Leverton Harris (1864-1926)
F. Leverton Harris Bequest, 1926
Height: 5.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1927) by Harris, Frederick Leverton
16th Century, Mid#
Renaissance
Circa
1535
CE
-
1565
CE
Probably made in Lombardy or Emilia-Romagna, but its find site suggests that it was made in the former.
Decoration
composed of
lead-glaze
high-temperature colours
Foot
Diameter 12.1 cm
Interior
Inscription present: rectangular with cut corners and blue printed border
Accession number: C.74-1927
Primary reference Number: 48148
Old object number: M50
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/48148 Accessed: 2024-11-05 19:37:00
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|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-05 19:37:00|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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