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Renaissance maiolica dish on low foot, painted in blue, yellow and orange with men, standing in contemporary costume looking at a wounded man lying dead on the floor.
Dish on a low foot. Earthenware, tin-glazed overall. The glaze has crazed, especially on the reverse. Painted in blue, yellow, and orange.
Shape 78 with a depression running round the junction of the dish and foot, and a ridge round the edge of the latter. Circular with shallow upturned sides, standing on a low foot with a ridged edge. A groove runs round the junction of the foot and dish.
On the left are three men in contemporary costume, one of whom has just wounded an adversary standing in the centre with four companions, the first of whom has `MORE' written across his breastplate. The wounded man is shown lying dead in the foreground on the tiled floor. On the back, petals filled with alternately blue and orange transverse stripes radiate from the foot. There is a narrow blue band round the foot and two wider bands round the rim.
History note: William Ridout; Christie's, 13 December 1938, The William Ridout collection of Italian majolica, European pottery, faience and delftware, part of lot 25; H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest
Height: 6.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
16th Century
Renaissance
Circa
1510
CE
-
1525
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, yellow, and orange)
Foot
Diameter 13.7 cm
Widest Point
Diameter 29.0 cm
Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed overall. The glaze has crazed, especially on the reverse. Painted in blue, yellow, and orange.
Inscription present: circular with blue border
Inscription present: circular with serrated edge
Accession number: C.175-1991
Primary reference Number: 72562
Packing number: EURCER 332
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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