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Fragment: C.4.10-1964

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Object information

Awaiting location update

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Entities

  • Fragment
  • fragment of the foot and centre of a dish or bowl

Categories

Description

Pale yellowish buff earthenware, tin-glazed white on all sides, and painted in blue, yellow and dark yellow.
Irregularly-shaped fragment of the centre of a dish or bowl with part of the foot attached. Painted on the top with St Sebastian pierced by arrows.

Notes

History note: From a pozzo in Orvieto. Collection of Signor Avvocato Arcangelo Marcioni & Cavaliere Capitano FerdinandoLucatelli; purchased from Fenton, Cranbourne St., shortly after the sale on 16-17 February, 1914, but not included in it; Bernard Rackham (1876-1964)

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Bernard Rackham

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 11.2 cm
Height: 3.5 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Faenza ⪼ Umbria ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1964-03-12) by Rackham, Bernard

Dating

16th Century
Renaissance
Circa 1570 CE - 1600 CE

School or Style

Renaissance

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( in blue, yellow and dark yellow)

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing : Pale yellowish buff earthenware, tin-glazed white on all sides, and painted in blue, yellow and dark yellow.

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.4.10-1964
Primary reference Number: 74795
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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