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Dish: C.182-1991

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

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.

Notes

History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.

Legal notes

H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950.

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 32.6 cm
Height: 5.7 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Montelupo ⪼ Tuscany ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

16th Century
Renaissance
Circa 1500 CE - 1525 CE

School or Style

Renaissance

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( greyish-blue, green, yellow, orange, and manganese-brown)

Materials used in production

except for a bare patch on the back Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

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.

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.182-1991
Primary reference Number: 48432
Packing number: EURCER 326
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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