Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Factory:
Pasquale Rubati
Entities
Categories
Description
Maiolica plate, painted onglaze in enamels with a man playing bagpipes sitting on a barrel.
Pale cream earthenware, tin-glazed overall. Three spur marks on the underside of the rim. Painted onglaze in green, yellow, scarlet, and brown enamels.
Shape 87. Circular, with alternating cusped and curved edge, producing six sides, sloping rim, and flat central area.
In the middle, a man playing bagpipes sits on a barrel. Beside him there is a man with a hurdy-gurdy who sits on a chair. Above are three butterflies, a fly and an exotic bird. There is a fence on the left of the barrel, and in the foreground to right and left, trees, flowers and an insect. The rim is outlined in brown. The back is marked in the middle in red enamel, `F./P.R./Milno '.
Notes
History note: Thomas Sutton, Eastbourne, from whom purchased in February 1906 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher * for £1.10s.0d.
Legal notes
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Measurements and weight
Diameter: 27.2 cm
Height: 3.4 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Dating
18th Century, second half
Circa
1770
CE
-
1780
CE
School or Style
Rococo
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( in green, yellow, scarlet, and brown)
Materials used in production
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Moulding
: Pale cream earthenware, tin-glazed overall. Three spur marks on the underside of the rim. Painted onglaze in green, yellow, scarlet, and brown enamels.
Tin-glazing
Inscription or legends present
- Text: F./P.R./Milno (no raised)
- Location: On base
- Method of creation: In red enamel
- Type: Mark
References and bibliographic entries
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.2247-1928
Primary reference Number: 73287
Old object number: 2461
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 15 July 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
