Spindle whorl inscribed with Memento Me
Details
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Title
Spindle whorl inscribed with Memento Me
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Associated place
Deruta (probable) (probable place of creation) -
Date
c. 1500 - 1550 -
Material and technique
earthenware, tin-glazed (maiolica)
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Object type
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Dimensions
1.8 cm (diameter) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by C. D. E. Fortnum, 1897.
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Museum location
currently out on loan
Museum department
Western Art
Accession no.
WA1897.CDEF.C487
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Glossary of terms
earthenware
Further reading
Wilson, Timothy, Italian Maiolica and Europe: Medieval and Later Italian Pottery in the Ashmolean Museum, 1 (Oxford/Ashmolean Museum, 2017), p. 233 no. 101
Reference URL
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