Current Location: Gallery 6 (Upper Marlay): case 3, shelf D
Maker(s)
Workshop:
Maestro Giorgio Andreoli
(Probably)
Entities
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Dish
- dish standing on a low foot
Categories
Description
Maiolica dish standing on a low foot, painted in polychrome and red and gold lustre, with a bust of a young woman, inscribed 'MADAL/ENA B'.
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed pale beige overall. Painted in blue, yellow, orange, and white; red and gold lustre. Shape 79. Circular with shallow curved sides, standing on a low foot.
A bust of a young woman, full face, her head inclined slightly to her right, and eyes half closed. Her auburn hair is dressed with a centre parting and a plait over the top of her head. She wears a white turban with a radiating design in blue, orange, and red lustre. Round her neck there is an orange necklace with a small pendant. Her gown's decolleté neckline is filled in by a V-necked chemise of diaphanous orange material. A scroll inscribed `MADAL/ENA B' projects on either side of her head. The dark blue ground is scattered with red lustre stars and the rim is encircled by a band of gold lustre. The back is decorated in gold and yellowish-red lustre with a central curved stroke and, on the sides, with three curved strokes separated by straight strokes. There are also several orange splodges and speckles.
Notes
History note: Ernest Ambrose Vivian, 2nd Lord Swansea (1848-1922); Swansea, Knight, Frank & Rutley, 13-19 October 1919, A catalogue of the contents of Singleton Abbey, Swansea, lot 662; F. Leverton Harris (1864-1926) by whom bequeathed
Legal notes
F. Leverton Harris Bequest, 1926
Measurements and weight
Diameter: 27.8 cm
Height: 4.7 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1927)
by
Harris, Frederick Leverton
Dating
16th Century, second quarter
Renaissance
Circa
1530
CE
-
1540
CE
School or Style
Renaissance
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, yellow, orange, and white)
reduced pigment lustre
( copper appearing red)
reduced pigment lustre
( silver-yellow, appearing gold)
Materials used in production
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Tin-glazing
: Buff earthenware, tin-glazed pale beige overall. Painted in blue, yellow, orange, and white; red and gold lustre.
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: circular
- Text: M 69
- Method of creation: Inscribed in black ink
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.107-1927
Primary reference Number: 79246
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 25 March 2024
Last processed: Wednesday 14 May 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
