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Dish: C.313-1991

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Production: Unidentified Friesland factory

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware dish painted in yellow and manganese-purple with a mounted soldier in seventeenth-century armour

Buff earthenware, the reverse lead-glazed over cream slip, the front tin-glazed and painted in yellow and manganese-purple. In the middle, within two concentric manganese circles, there is a knight in seventeenth-century armour mounted on a charger going to the left, and brandishing a weapon. In the background there are stylized bushes, and on the left, a house. Round the rim there is a border comprising short curved strokes between wavy lines with spots in the spaces, flanked by two wide and two narrow concentric bands.

Notes

History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger; the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from whom transferred to the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1991.

Legal notes

H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 35.5 cm
Height: 6.4 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

18th Century, Early
Circa 1700 - 1725

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Reverse composed of slip ( possibly) lead-glaze
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( yellow and manganese-purple)
Front composed of tin-glaze

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular green label

  • Text: SOT
  • Method of creation: Printed in black
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: five rows of letters

  • Text: X X 50 N/X X 50 O [?}/X X 50/77S [?] underlined X 80VO [?]
  • Location: Inside the footring
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in pencil
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.313-1991
Primary reference Number: 74418
Packing number: EURCER 130

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

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