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Maker: Unknown
Renaissance maiolica plate, painted in polychrome with a bust of a bearded man in the central medallion.
Plate. Earthenware, tin-glazed lavender-blue overall; the reverse uneven and with numerous pin holes. Painted in blue, yellow, orange, green, and white.
Shape approximately 52, convex in the middle. Exceptionally heavy for its size. Circular with wide flat rim, shallow well, slightly convex in the centre, and concave base.
The central medallion contains a bust of a bearded man in profile to left, reserved in a bright yellow ground. On the sides, three blue knot motifs alternate with blue hearts between white foliated scrolls. The rim is decorated with a garland of leaves and berries, white scallops, and a blue band next to the edge. The back is painted in blue with a central cross, surrounded by three radiating squiggles alternating with three double-crossed circular motifs.
History note: William Newall; Christie's, 27 June 1922, Catalogue of the collection of objects of art chiefly of the Renaissance period . . . formed by that well-known connoisseur William Newall, Esq., deceased, late of Redheath, Croxley Green, Herts., lot 20; H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest
Diameter: 24.4 cm
Height: 2.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
16th Century
Renaissance
Circa
1520
CE
-
1540
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( in blue, yellow, orange, green and white)
Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed lavender-blue overall; the reverse uneven and with numerous pin holes. Painted in blue, yellow, orange, green, and white.
Accession number: C.176-1991
Primary reference Number: 72579
Packing number: EURCER 323
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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