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Description: | Artist: Unknown, maker; Date(s): circa 1525 - 1550; Classification(s): tin-glazed earthenware, bowl, throwing, Pinkish-buff earthenware, slip-coated (or tin-glazed?) cream overall except for a few small areas on the back, and covered with a clear, whitish lead glaze. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, and greenish-brown.; Acquisition: given by de Pass, Alfred A., 1933, Given by Alfred A. De Pass in memory of his son Crispin (d. 1918). [C.136-1933]
Description: Shallow bowl. Pinkish-buff earthenware, slip-coated (or tin-glazed?) cream overall except for a few small areas on the back, and covered with a clear, whitish lead glaze. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, and greenish-brown.
Circular with shallow, curving sides and convex centre.
In the middle, a bust portrait of a young woman wearing a high-necked dress faces in profile to left. The name `IVLIA' and `B' (Bella) are inscribed in blue on an arched ribbon above. On the sides, between pairs of narrow blue bands, there are debased military trophies. The edge is yellow. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | bowl tin-glazed earthenware Unknown | Temporal: | name=Renaissance; start=1525; end=1550 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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