Flask or handwarmer in the shape of a book with foliate sprays and a band of twisted rope pattern
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Details
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Title
Flask or handwarmer in the shape of a book with foliate sprays and a band of twisted rope pattern
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Associated place
Pesaro (possible) (possible place of creation) -
Date
c. 1490 - 1500 -
Material and technique
earthenware, tin-glazed (maiolica)
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Object type
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Dimensions
14.7 x 9.2 x 8.1 cm (height x width x depth) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Purchased, 1956.
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Museum location
Second floor | Gallery 56 | Arts of the Renaissance -
Museum department
Western Art
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Accession no.
WA1956.69
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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. 65 no. 15
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