IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 73200 accession number: C.2-1949 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 18 December 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed creamy-white on the exterior and interior; base unglazed. Painted in dark blue and orange. Ovoid with a short cylindrical neck and small strap handle; flat base, projecting slightly at the edge. With the exception of a strip under and below the handle, the body is covered by a diaper pattern of lozenges, each containing three orange leaves in its lower point, and a flower head in the centre surrounded by rays, whirls and dots. The neck and base are each encircled by an orange and a blue horizontal band. The strip below the handle is decorated with a blue zig-zag and orange spots between blue vertical lines. At the bottom there are short vertical strokes and two longer vertical lines, each with a short horizontal stroke on one side, perhaps a mark. object type: Renaissance, maiolica one-handled jar, painted in blue and orange with a diaper pattern containing orange leaves, and a flower head surrounded by rays, whirls and dots. title: jar NOTES ----- type: history note value: Dr Alfred Pringsheim; Sotheby's, 19 July 1939, Catalogue of the renowned collection of Italian majolica, the property of Dr Alfred Pringsheim of Munich, lot 203; E.L. Paget; Sotheby's, 11 October 1949, Catalogue of the well-known collections of fine Italian bronzes, majolica and European ceramics...the property of the late E.L. Paget Esq., lot 7. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Purchased with the Leverton Harris Fund. STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/73200 SUBJECTS ------------------- flower heads flower heads TECHNIQUES ---------- Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed creamy-white on the exterior and interior; base unglazed. Painted in dark blue and orange. throwing TECHNIQUES ---------- tin-glazing CATEGORIES ------ category: tin-glazed earthenware category: maiolica DATING ------ creation date: 1490 - 1520 creation date earliest: 1490 creation date latest: 1520 culture: 15th Century# culture: 16th Century culture: Renaissance CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 21.8 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Italian Maiolica in the Fitzwilliam Museum CITATIONS -------- Catalogue of the renowned collection of Italian majolica, the property of Dr Alfred Pringsheim of Munich The E.L. Paget Collections, Catalogue of the well-known collections of fine Italian bronzes, majolica and European ceramics, Limoges enamels, ivories and sculpture the property of the late E.L. Paget, Esq. Die Majolikasammlung Alfred Pringsheim Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/C_2_1949_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/mid_C_2_1949_281_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/C_2_1949_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/preview_C_2_1949_281_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/C_2_1949_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/mid_C_2_1949_282_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/C_2_1949_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/preview_C_2_1949_282_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/C_2_1949_283_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/mid_C_2_1949_283_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/C_2_1949_283_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/preview_C_2_1949_283_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/C_2_1949_284_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/mid_C_2_1949_284_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/C_2_1949_284_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa1/preview_C_2_1949_284_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels