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Maker: Unknown (Possibly)
Maiolica plate, painted in relief-blue and purple with a shield in the central medallion, with concentric circles of berries and bands on the rim.
Plate. Earthenware. Tin-glazed very thickly overall. The glaze is bubbly, bumpy, and crazed. Painted in dark relief-blue and very dark purple.
Circular with wide sloping rim and small, shallow central depression, standing on a narrow footring.
The central medallion contains a rectangular shield bearing the arms quarterly azure and argent with in chief a label enclosing two fleur-de-lis azure with a bow above, and a stylised floral spray on either side. The rim is decorated with groups of short strokes, alternating squares and squiggles, and oblique strokes between concentric circles, a wreath of berries, and two purple bands round the edge. The middle of the back is marked `VF' in purple.
History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest
Diameter: 20.8 cm
Height: 3.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
19th Century, Late#
20th Century, Early
Circa
1875
CE
-
1925
CE
Purporting to be from Faenza.
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( dark relief-blue and very dark purple)
Body
Accession number: C.142-1991
Primary reference Number: 48051
Packing number: EURCER 480
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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