Current Location: Gallery 6 (Upper Marlay): case 2, shelf C
Titles
St Francis
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unidentified Deruta pottery
Entities
Categories
Description
Maiolica jug, painted in blue, yellow, and orange with St Francis holding a rosary.
Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed on the exterior; the interior of the neck lead-glazed honey-brown. Painted in dark blue, yellow, and orange.
Bulbous body, with a slender neck and slightly everted mouth; loop handle of D-section with a thumb print at the lower end.
On the front, within a pear-shaped panel with a `ladder' frame, St Francis holding a rosary kneels in prayer before a Cross. In the background to right there is a church. The rest of the body is decorated with horizontal and vertical lines, short strokes and dotted disks, and the handle with horizontal orange stripes.
Notes
History note: Unknown
Legal notes
F. Leverton Harris Bequest
Measurements and weight
Height: 19.5 cm
Width: 11.6 cm
Place(s) associated
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1926)
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 colours
( dark blue, yellow, and orange)
tin-glaze
Interior Of Neck
composed of
lead-glaze
( honey-brown colour)
Base
Diameter 7.6 cm
Body
Materials used in production
Earthenware
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: rectangular with cut corners and blue printed border
- Text: M.21/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.66-1927
Primary reference Number: 48664
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 1 December 2020
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
