Waster
1490-1520 (made)
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The chief part of the middle and eight small fragments of the rim of a shallow bowl, with a fragment of another bowl adhering on the outside, painted in blue, yellow, and orange. The design consists of a central medallion filled with four radial stems and small flowers in blue, surrounded by eight radial panels with feather like devices alternately scratched through a blue ground and painted in blue on a yellow ground. Round the narrow rim, within a yellow band, is a row of devices composed of a square intersected by a cross.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 9 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
| Brief description | Portions of a "waster" of tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colour. Italian (Faenza); late 15th or early 16th century. |
| Physical description | The chief part of the middle and eight small fragments of the rim of a shallow bowl, with a fragment of another bowl adhering on the outside, painted in blue, yellow, and orange. The design consists of a central medallion filled with four radial stems and small flowers in blue, surrounded by eight radial panels with feather like devices alternately scratched through a blue ground and painted in blue on a yellow ground. Round the narrow rim, within a yellow band, is a row of devices composed of a square intersected by a cross. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr A. B. Skinner |
| Object history | Given to A.B. Skinner by Henry Wallis, who probably received them from Signor Frederigo Argnani of Faenza, and said to have been dug up in Faenza |
| Other number | 227 - Rackham (1940) |
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| Accession number | C.123&A to H-1911 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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