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Stove tile: EC.50-1943

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Current Location: In storage

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Production: Unknown (Uncertain)

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Description

Pale reddish-brown earthenware, moulded in relief and decorated with opaque blue, yellow and white glazes and translucent dark green glaze. Square with an upstanding rim on the back. Within a circular frame decorated with stylised leaves, is a bust portrait in profile to left of Mary of Hungary, wife of Louis II; in the spandrels, stylised foliage. In ebonised wood frame.

Notes

History note: Hans Schwarz Collection, Vienna

Legal notes

Purchased with the Glaisher Fund

Measurements and weight

Height: 22 cm
Width: 22 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1943-08-13) by Hans Schwarz Collection

Dating

16th Century, second quarter
Circa 1522 CE - 1526 CE

Note

Mary of Burgundy (1505-58), married Louis II of Hungary in 1522 and was Queen until 1526 when he was killed at the battle of Mohács. Later 1531-52 she was Regent of the Netherlands.

School or Style

Renaissance

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Frame composed of wood (plant material) ( ebonised)
Decoration composed of glaze ( opaque blue, yellow and white glazes and translucent dark green glaze)

Materials used in production

light reddish-brown Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Moulding in relief : Earthenware, moulded in relief and decorated with opaque blue, yellow and white glazes and translucent dark green glaze

Identification numbers

Accession number: EC.50-1943
Primary reference Number: 15551

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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