Jug
N. inventario: IG 3499
Fragment of a spheroidal body with a trilobate mouth and the attachment of a strap handle. The central boss is decorated with a dentilled border enclosing an eagle with outspread wings painted in blue.
Audioguida Display case 2: Maiolica
Tabella dei contenuti
| Teca |
Display case 2: Maiolica |
|---|---|
| Data | Late 15th–early 16th century |
| Materiale | Maiolica |
| Misure | Height 7 cm; maximum diameter 15 cm |
This jug in maiolica, of Faenza production and datable between the end of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century, is preserved in fragmentary form. Part of the spheroidal body and the trilobed mouth remain, with the attachment of the strap handle. Inside a central boss, surrounded by a dentil crown, an eagle with spread wings is painted in blue. The dimensions of the fragment are: height seven centimetres and maximum diameter fifteen centimetres.