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Dish: C.266-1991

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Potter: Unknown

Entities

  • Dish
  • dish on high foot
  • salver
  • alzata

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Description

Maiolica dish on high foot, painted in polychrome with a bust of a woman.

Earthenware, tin-glazed overall. Painted in blue, green, yellow, and a little manganese-purple.
Shape 84. Circular with upturned edge, standing on a domed foot.
A bust of a blonde woman, three-quarter face. She has a flower and a bow on top of her head, an orange necklace, and a decolleté gown with a drape looped up on the right shoulder. The background is stippled in yellow over green. Extending on each side of her head is a blue ribbon inscribed `ELISAB/ETA.B' in manganese-purple. Round the edge there are two narrow orange bands, and a brown band over a wider yellow band.

Notes

History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.

Legal notes

H.S. Reitlinger Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 25.5 cm
Height: 6.6 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Deruta ⪼ Umbria ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

17th Century#
Circa 1600 CE - 1700 CE

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, and a little manganese-purple and brown)
Foot Diameter 9.5 cm

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed overall. Painted in blue, green, yellow, and a little manganese-purple and brown.

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.266-1991
Primary reference Number: 73871
Packing number: EURCER 390
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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