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Maker: Unknown (Supposedly)
Renaissance maiolica broad-rimmed bowl, painted in blue, green and orange with a bust of a man in the middle, surrounded by concentric circles of ribbons, tendrils and chains.
Pale red earthenware, tin-glazed greyish-white on the front; the reverse greyish-beige, pinkish near the edges and crazed. Painted in blue, dark green, brownish-orange, and a little white.
Shape externally approximately 60 with hemispherical well.
In the middle, within narrow concentric blue circles, is a bust of a man in profile to left. He wears an orange cap and a blue and white striped doublet with brownish-orange sleeves; the background is green, shading to blue near the bust. On the rim there is a yellow rod entwined by two green ribbons forming a chain, with blue dots and tendrils in the background. The inner and outer edges have a narrow border of orange squares with four blue strokes in each. The edge is green.
History note: Max Goldschmidt-Rothschild; Kurt Glogowski; Sotheby's, 8 June 1932, Catalogue of the well-known collection of important Italian majolica, also bronzes and statuary, velvets, textiles and embroideries, fine Oriental rugs, & c. the property of Herr Kurt Glogowski of Berlin, p. 17, lot 44; H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950.
Diameter: 26.8 cm
Height: 5.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
16th Century
19th Century, Late#
20th Century, Early
Circa
1500
CE
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1520
CE
Circa
1890
CE
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1920
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, dark green, brownish-orange, and a little white)
Tin-glazing : Pale red earthenware, tin-glazed greyish-white on the front; the reverse greyish-beige, pinkish near the edges and crazed. Painted in blue, dark green, brownish-orange, and a little white.
Inscription present: circular with serrated edge
Accession number: C.195-1991
Primary reference Number: 48316
Packing number: EURCER 684
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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