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Renaissance maiolica dish, painted in polychrome with, in the well, a man striding to the left.
Dish. Dark buff earthenware, tin-glazed overall; the reverse, pale grey. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, and a little grey.
Shape 61. Circular with a sloping rim and wide well, standing on a footring pierced by two correctly placed suspension holes.
In the well, a man in contemporary costume strides to the left. He wears a high crowned hat with a feather at the back, a doublet, trunk-hose and shoes. He has a sword at his side and carries a shield on his left arm. His right arm is extended in front. In the background there are hummocks and small plants. The rim is divided by lanceolate leaves between radial lines into compartments containing alternately blue and orange scale pattern, and polychrome stylised plants in an orange ground. A yellow band encircles the edge.
History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest
Diameter: 34.8 cm
Height: 7.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
16th Century
Renaissance
Circa
1550
-
1580
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, orange, and a little grey)
Tin-glazing : Dark buff earthenware, tin-glazed overall; the reverse, pale grey. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, and a little grey.
Inscription present: circular with serrated edge
Accession number: C.204-1991
Primary reference Number: 73041
Packing number: EURCER 349
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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