Production: Unknown (Probably)
Fragment of a dish centre. Red earthenware, the front covered with cream slip, incised, and coloured in blue, green and yellow under lead glaze. Approximately circular with irregularly-shaped edge, standing on a footring.
An oval shield charged with a fess coloured yellow, surrounded by formal foliage. The reverse is unglazed and has four large red splodges of an unidentified material on the base and footring.
History note: Acquired in northern Italy, probably in Padua, between 1908-1910 by the donor, Richard Sneade Brown (1851-1917)
Given by R.S. Brown
Diameter: 9.7 cm
Height: 1.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1910-05-30) by Brown, Richard Sneade
16th Century
Renaissance
Circa
1500
CE
-
1600
CE
Probably The Veneto, Padua, or from Emilia-Romagna
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( in blue, green and yellow)
Front
composed of
lead-glaze
Inscription present: rectangular with blue octagonal border
Accession number: C.16-1910
Primary reference Number: 81162
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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