Current Location: Gallery 6 (Upper Marlay): case 2, shelf C
Maker(s)
Maker:
Unidentified Deruta pottery
Entities
Categories
Description
Maiolica jug painted in blue and gold lustre with St Francis at prayer, with borders of stems and buds, a band of scallops and horizontal and vertical lines
Pale buff earthenware, the exterior is tin-glazed; the interior, lead-glazed. Painted in blue, and with yellow lustre.
Bulbous body with a slender neck widening towards the slanting rim, and strap handle.
In a rectangular panel on the front, St Francis holding a rosary, kneels facing towards a Cross flanked by plants. On each side is a stem and buds between two vertical lines; below, a band of scallops and a series of alternating blue, reserved white and yellow lustre bands. The upper part of the neck and the back and sides of the handle are lustred.
Notes
History note: Florence, where purchased by F. Leverton Harris.
Legal notes
F. Leverton Harris Bequest, 1926
Measurements and weight
Height: 20.5 cm
Width: 10.5 cm
Place(s) associated
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1927)
by
Harris, Frederick Leverton
Dating
16th Century, Early#
Renaissance
Circa
1500
-
1530
School or Style
Renaissance
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue)
reduced pigment lustre
( silver-yellow)
lead-glaze
tin-glaze
Base
Diameter 6.8 cm
Body
Exterior
Interior
Materials used in production
Earthenware
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: rectangular with cut corners and blue printed border
- Text: M.29/Leverton Harris/bequest 1926
- Method of creation: Inscribed in blue-black ink
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.67-1927
Primary reference Number: 48525
Stable URI
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
