Skip to main content

Plate: C.2211-1928

An image of Plate
View image details

Terms of use

The low-resolution images published on this Website are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY-NC-ND). For more details: Fitzwilliam Terms of Use

This licence does not include any images of works that are still in copyright. Artistic copyright extends from the life of the artist to 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the artist died.

Download this image

For further information on use of images or to license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who can discuss terms and fees.

Alternative views

An image of Plate
An image of Plate
Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Maiolica plate, painted in polychrome with, on the front, a pear and gourd surrounded by a stem with flowers.

Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed greyish-blue overall. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, and white.
Shape 51. Circular with broad, sloping rim and small, very shallow well.
The front is decorated with a pear and a gourd, surrounded by a spiralling stem bearing three flowers, separated by braces of pears and foliage. Two narrow blue bands encircle the rim. On the back, interlacing petals outlined in blue radiate from the footring.

Notes

History note: Carrer (Cavivi?), Venice, from whom purchased in October 1903 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher (Typed Cat. 1888).

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 23 cm
Height: 3.2 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

16th Century
Renaissance
Circa 1545 - 1600

School or Style

Renaissance

Components of the work

Decoraton composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, orange, and white)
Decoration

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing : Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed greyish-blue overall. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, and white.

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2211-1928
Primary reference Number: 73233

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Plate" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/73233 Accessed: 2025-12-05 22:23:09

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/73233 |title=Plate |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2025-12-05 22:23:09|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-73233

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa9/C_2211_1928_281_29.jpg"
        alt="Plate"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Plate</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...

University of Cambridge Museums logo
Cambridge City Council logo
Arts Council England Logo
Research England logo