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Tin-glaze

Scope note

Opaque glaze containing an oxide of tin or tin ashes.

This term has 1,953 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material
Technique

Getty AAT term number

3000233436

Broader Terms used

<ceramic glaze by composition or origin>

Narrower Terms used

berettino

Term used for

glaze, tin
tin glaze

Equivalent Terms used

tin glazes

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

An image of Pharmacy jar

Pharmacy jar

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Manises pottery

An image of Cover

Phaeton in the Chariot of the Sun

Maker(s)

Maker: Unidentified
Engraver: Veneziano, Agostino (After)

An image of Dish

Dish

Maker(s)

Production: Verstraeten, Willem Janz (Possibly)

An image of Jug

Jug

Maker(s)

Production: Fulda Faience Factory

An image of Bowl

Aaron arrayed in the High Priest's Garments accompanied by Moses and three other Israelites

Maker(s)

Workshop: Fontana Workshop (Probably)
Woodcutter: Salomon, Bernard (After)

An image of Dish

Dish

Maker(s)

Workshop: Maestro Giorgio Andreoli (Probably)

An image of Plate

Plate

Maker(s)

Maker: Unidentified Castel Durante potter (Possibly)

An image of Dish

Dish

Maker(s)

Potter: Unidentified Castel Durante potter (Possibly)
Potter: Unidentified Urbino potter (Possibly)

An image of Pharmacy jar

Pharmacy jar

Maker(s)

Potter: Unidentified Pesaro potter

An image of Dish

Dish

Maker(s)

Painter: Milan Marsyas Painter (Probably)

The Crossing of the Red Sea

Maker(s)

Workshop: Fontana, Orazio (Probably)
Decorator: Patanazzi, Antonio (Possibly)
Printmaker: Salomon, Bernard (After)

Fragment

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown (Probably)

Pharmacy jar

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Faenza pottery

Fragment

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown (Probably)

An image of Plate

Plate

Maker(s)

Potter: Unidentified Urbino potter (Probably)
Printmaker: Floris, Cornelis II (After)

Fragment

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown (Probably)

An image of Fragment

Fragment

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unknown (Perhaps)

Fragment

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown (Probably)

Fragment

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown (Probably)

Fragment

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Deruta pottery (Possibly)
Production: Unidentified Orvieto pottery (Probably)

Fragments

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown (Probably)

Fragment

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Fragment

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Fragment

Maker(s)

Maker: Unidentified Deruta pottery

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