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Plate: C.2206-1928

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Current Location: In storage

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Potter: Unknown

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Maiolica plate, painted in blue with a bull in front of a building, two saddled horses galloping, a hound and foliage.

Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed overall. Painted in blue.
Circular with a broad, warped rim and shallow well.
On the left, a bull stands in front of a building. Two saddled but riderless horses gallop from left to right accompanied by a hound. There are plants and foliage round the lower edge of the rim and on the right side. At the top is an asymmetrical shield charged with the arms a demy vol and on a chief azure three mullets of six points, centre pierced, surmounted by a coronet and flanked by palm and laurel branches.

Notes

History note: Unknown

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 24.6 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

17th Century
Circa 1675 - 1725

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue)

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing : Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed overall. Painted in blue.

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular with turquoise printed border of rays with a shaped inner border, inscribed but concealed by tape

  • Text: Alessandra Bonucci
  • Method of creation: Inscribed in faded black ink
  • Type: Label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2206-1928
Primary reference Number: 79107

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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