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Maker: Unknown (Probably)
Renaissance maiolica plate, painted in polychrome with, in the middle, a recumbent stag, surrounded by lozenges and plant motifs.
Earthenware, tin-glazed overall; the glaze on the reverse is uneven, tinged with pink and crazed. Painted in dark blue, green, yellow, and orange.
Circular with flat surface and narrow, concave base.
The central medallion contains a recumbent stag in a landscape enclosed by a circular yellow frame decorated with blue zig-zags. This is surrounded by lozenges in foliated circles alternating with stylised plant motifs reserved in an orange ground. Round the edge is a repeating border of blue lines and groups of four oblique strokes over a wide yellow band. The back is decorated in blue with a central `L' crossed, surrounded by five squiggles alternating with crossed lozenges.
History note: Probably Vicomte Bernard d'Hendecourt; Sotheby's, 8 May 1929, Catalogue of the very choice and valuable collections of Vicomte Bernard d'Hendecourt of 7 rue Bayard, Paris, lot 70; A. Spero and Kerin; Cecil Leitch & Kerin Ltd., from whom purchased on 7 October 1932 by H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950.
Diameter: 19.6 cm
Height: 1.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
16th Century
Renaissance
Circa
1520
CE
-
1540
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( dark blue, green, yellow, and orange)
Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed overall; the glaze on the reverse is uneven, tinged with pink and crazed. Painted in dark blue, green, yellow, and orange.
Inscription present: circular with serrated edge
Inscription present: circular with serrated edge
Accession number: C.203-1991
Primary reference Number: 73029
Packing number: EURCER 355
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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