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Potter: Unknown (Probably)
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed on the exterior; the interior lead-glazed yellowish-brown. Painted in dark blue, green, yellow, and brownish-orange.
In the shape of a pine-cone, standing on a circular waisted foot. The scales on the sides are interrupted at three points by a woman's head in relief.
The scales are dabbed with green, yellow, and brownish-orange. The heads are outlined in blue and filled in with the other colours. The foot is decorated with stylized daisies alternating with lozenge motifs in dark blue and brownish-orange.
History note: Alfred Spero, London
Purchased with the Leverton Harris Fund and the University Purchase Grant.
Height: 24.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1953-01-15) by Spero, Alfred
16th Century, Early#
Renaissance
Circa
1500
CE
-
1530
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( dark blue, green, yellow and brownish-orange)
Interior
composed of
lead-glaze
Exterior
composed of
tin-glaze
Rim
Diameter 10.6 cm
Foot
Diameter 14.0 cm
At Widest
Width 21.4 cm
Accession number: C.1-1953
Primary reference Number: 71514
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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