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Renaissance maiolica dish, painted in blue with an overall geometrical design.
Earthenware, tin-glazed creamy-white overall with three spur marks in the middle. Painted in blue.
Shape 67. Circular with shallow curved sides and everted rim, standing on a flat disk base.
An overall geometrical design comprising a large central lozenge surrounded by four medium and four small lozenges linked by spots. The background is decorated with four-sided and triangular shapes filled with short straight and curved strokes representing plants. A narrow band and a wide band encircle the rim. On the back are three concentric blue circles.
History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950
Diameter: 34.2 cm
Height: 6.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
16th Century
17th Century#
Circa
1575
CE
-
1625
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue)
Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed creamy-white overall with three spur marks in the middle. Painted in blue.
Inscription present: rectangular with dark blue line border
Inscription present: rectangular with blue line border
Accession number: C.187-1991
Primary reference Number: 48464
Packing number: ISCER 968
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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