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Maker: Unknown
Maiolica dish, painted in blue, green and yellow with, in the middle, a stylised plant surrounded by concentric circles on the rim.
Dish. Tin-glazed earthenware. Thickly potted and abnormally heavy for its size, covered with thick tin glaze, except for the area within the footring, where it has been removed. The glaze has crawled and there are numerous pinholes and fine cracks. Painted in dark blue, green, and lemon yellow.
Approximately shape 36 but standing on a footring.
In the middle is a stylised plant with a nine-petalled flower, surrounded by concentric blue, yellow, and blue circles, a narrow blue circle with short strokes over it, and another blue circle. The rim is decorated with a continuous stem of paired blue leaves between green bands.
History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger, 1950 Bequest.
Diameter: 29.5 cm
Height: 6.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
16th Century
17th Century#
Circa
1500
-
1700
Probably Central Italy
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( dark blue, green, and lemon yellow)
except for the area within the footring
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Tin-glazing : Thickly potted and abnormally heavy for its size, covered with thick tin glaze, except for the area within the footring, where it has been removed. The glaze has crawled and there are numerous pinholes and fine cracks. Painted in dark blue, green, and lemon yellow.
Inscription present: circular with serrated edge
Accession number: C.144-1991
Primary reference Number: 72010
Packing number: EURCER 337
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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