Workshop: Maestro Benedetto (Probably)
Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed creamy-white on both sides. Painted in blue.
Approximately triangular, curving downwards at the apex, and having a slight channel running round the rim.
A border of circles, scrolls, spots and tendrils giving the impression of foliage.
History note: Purportedly purchased in Siena by F. Leverton Harris.
F.Leverton Harris Bequest
Depth: 1.4 cm
Length: 9.0 cm
Width: 6.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1926) by Harris, Frederick Leverton
16th Century
Renaissance
Circa
1503
CE
-
1522
CE
Benedetto di Giorgio of FAenza was recorded in Siena between 1505 and his death in 1522, and had probably been living there since about 1503. In 1505 he and the potter, Galgano di Matteo, bought a house, and appear to have been in partnership until the latter died between 1513 and 1516. The border on this fragment of a plate resembles those found on dishes attributed to Benedetto's workshop on the basis of a dish signed 'fata i siena da mo (small raised o) benedetto' in the Victoria & Albert Museum. Langton Douglas found some fragments with analogous borders in the gardens of the Hospital of Santa Maria della Scala, and a fragmentary dish was found more recently at the former Convent of Santa Marta, Siena.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue)
Body
Accession number: C.126-1927
Primary reference Number: 48106
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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