Maker: Unidentified Deruta pottery
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed overall. Painted in blue and with yellow lustre.
Shape 60. Circular with a broad, slightly sloping rim and small deep well.
The central medallion contains a stylised plant, surrounded by a lustre band over a blue one. On the lower part of the side of the well, there are three rows of scales. The rim is decorated with lustred pointed rays alternating with buds on stems, and two bands of lustre encircle the outer edge. On the back, there are two lustre bands on the side of the well and one midway across the rim.
History note: William Morris (d. 1896); Miss May Morris
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Diameter: 20.8 cm
Height: 4.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1931-05-05) by Morris, May
16th Century, Early#
Renaissance
Circa
1500
-
1530
Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue) reduced pigment lustre ( silver-yellow)
Throwing
: Buff earthenware, tin-glazed overall. Painted in blue and with yellow lustre.
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.13-1931
Primary reference Number: 48556
Glaisher additions number: Gl. Add.27
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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