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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1550 - 1620; Classification(s): tin-glazed earthenware, fragment, slip-coated, Buff earthenware, coated in white slip, painted in blue and yellow, and covered with a blue-tinted, semi-translucent glaze.; Acquisition: given by Brown, R.S., 1910 [C.9-1910]
Description: Fragment of a shallow bowl or plate. Buff earthenware, coated in white slip, painted in blue and yellow, and covered with a blue-tinted, semi-translucent glaze.
Approximately D-shaped, with about half of the centre and curved sides, standing on a concave base.
On the front, a blue Cupid stands holding a bow in his left hand, surrounded by a small area of yellow background close to his body. The glaze has crazed. | 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: | tin-glazed earthenware Unknown fragment | Temporal: | name=16th century; start=1550; end=1620 | 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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