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Maker: Unknown
Renaissance maiolica dish, painted in polychrome with, in the middle, a rosette surrounded by concentric bands, and on the rim, a border of lozenges with ovals and bows.
Earthenware, tin-glazed cream overall, except for a bare patch on the back. There are three spur marks on the front. Painted in greyish-blue, green, yellow, orange, and manganese-brown.
Shape 67. Circular with shallow curved sides and everted rim, standing on a flat base.
In the middle, a polychrome twelve-petalled rosette is surrounded by concentric yellow, orange and manganese circles, blue spots, and another set of yellow, orange and manganese circles. Beyond there is a border of lozenges within ovals separated by blue and green bows. The outer edge is encircled by a wide yellow band with three manganese-brown bands over it. The back is decorated with three manganese-brown concentric circles midway across the sides.
History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950.
Diameter: 32.6 cm
Height: 5.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
16th Century
Renaissance
Circa
1500
CE
-
1525
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( greyish-blue, green, yellow, orange, and manganese-brown)
except for a bare patch on the back
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed cream overall, except for a bare patch on the back. There are three spur marks on the front. Painted in greyish-blue, green, yellow, orange, and manganese-brown.
Accession number: C.182-1991
Primary reference Number: 48432
Packing number: EURCER 326
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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