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Maker: Unknown (Probably)
Renaissance, maiolica two-handled jar, painted in dark blue and manganese, with a hare rampant, surrounded by 'oak leaves' on each side.
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed on the interior and exterior; the rim and base unglazed. The glaze is pinkish in some areas, especially near the base, where its application is uneven. Painted in thin, very runny dark blue with lightly drawn manganese outlines.
Approximately shape 42. Ovoid with flat base, short cylindrical neck with everted flat-topped rim, and two strap handles with a longtitudinal ridge on each side of them.
Both sides are decorated with a hare rampant, surrounded by sprays of oak leaves with dots and dashes in the background. On each side of the handles are three vertical manganese lines with blue spots at intervals and a row of vertical undulations. Round the lower part of the body there are two horizontal manganese bands; on the neck, alternating blue spots and manganese crosses between pairs of horizontal manganese bands. On and below the handles there are wavy lines and splodges, and, beneath on each side, a manganese asterisk.
History note: Private collection, London; Alfred Spero, from whom purchased on 7 May 1925 by F. Leverton Harris.
F. Leverton Harris Bequest
Height: 28.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1926) by Harris, F. Leverton, The Right Hon.
15th Century#
Renaissance
Circa
1420
CE
-
1450
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue and manganese)
Mouth
Diameter 14.0 cm
Base
Diameter 14.4 cm
Across Handles
Width 31.1 cm
except rim and base
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Tin-glazing : Buff earthenware, tin-glazed on the interior and exterior; the rim and base unglazed. The glaze is pinkish in some areas, especially near the base, where its application is uneven. Painted in thin, very runny dark blue with lightly drawn manganese outlines.
Inscription present: asterisk
Accession number: C.69-1927
Primary reference Number: 48151
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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Accession Number: C.76-1927
Accession Number: GR.154.1907
Accession Number: GR.91.1896
Accession Number: C.70-1927
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