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Maker: Unknown (Probably)
Pinkish-buff earthenware, tin-glazed on the exterior and very thinly on the interior; base unglazed. Painted in dark blue, green, yellow, and manganese-purple high-temperature colours, and red cold-paint.
Ovoid with flat base, short neck expanding towards the rim which is pinched at the front to form a spout, and strap handle.
On the front, within an oval yellow line and blue `ladder' frame, a rabbit regardant lies on a yellow mound beside a green pond, flanked by tufts of blue grass. Above, there is a spray of stylised yellow and blue buds and foliage enclosed by an approximately rectangular blue line. Extending from the frame on each side there are two manganese tendrils and three fan-like tufts. The inside of the mouth is red.
History note: Unknown.
F. Leverton Harris Bequest
Height: 22.9 cm
Width: 14.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1926) by Harris, F. Leverton, The Right Hon.
15th Century, Late
16th Century, Early#
Renaissance
Circa
1480
CE
-
1510
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( in dark blue, green, yellow, and manganese-purple)
cold paint
( red)
Base
Diameter 8.6 cm
except base
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Tin-glazing : Pinkish-buff earthenware, tin-glazed on the exterior and very thinly on the interior; base unglazed. Painted in dark blue, green, yellow, and manganese-purple high-temperature colours, and red cold-paint.
Accession number: C.102-1927
Primary reference Number: 71179
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Jug" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71179 Accessed: 2024-11-21 10:59:22
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