Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Production:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Tin-glazed earthenware bowl painted in blue, green, yellow and brown with concentric circles, crosses, and interlace pattern
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed on the interior and exterior. Painted in blue, green, yellow and brown. Approximately hemispherical with everted rim, standing on a narrow, solid foot.
In the middle of the interior there is a central medallion comprising crossed pairs of short brown lines with dots in the spaces over a yellow circle, surrounded by three concentric blue circles. On the side there is a band of circles formed by two interlacing green lines, over a yellow horizontal band with pairs of brown strokes over it, and brown dashes above and below the green lines. The rim is encircled by three blue bands and a yellow band.
Notes
History note: One of a group of fragments acquired in Northern Italy 1908-1910 by Richard Sneade Brown (1851-1917); his list of the fragments gives Bologna as place of acquisition
Legal notes
Given by R.S. Brown
Measurements and weight
Diameter: 13.2 cm
Height: 6.4 cm
Place(s) associated
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Ferrara
⪼ Emilia-Romagna
⪼ Italy
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Bologna
⪼ Emilia-Romagna
⪼ Italy
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1910-05-30)
by
Brown, Richard Sneade
Dating
16th Century
Circa
1500
CE
-
1550
CE
Note
Ferrara or Bologna
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, green, yellow and brown)
Materials used in production
buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Techniques used in production
Tin-glazing
: Buff earthenware, tin-glazed on the interior and exterior, painted on the interior in blue, green, yellow and brown
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: rectangular with octagonal blue border
- Text: 59
- Location: On exterior of side
- Method of creation: Hand-written in pencil
- Type: Label
- Text: Italian bowl/of the 15th -16th century/(style of Bologna)/Given by R.S. Brown, Esq/May 1910
- Location: Loose card inside bowl
- Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
- Type: Label
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.5-1910
Primary reference Number: 81151
Old object number: 161-1910
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 16 May 2017
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
