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Workshop: Patanazzi family (Probably)
Renaissance maiolica dish on a high foot, painted in polychrome with, in the middle, Charity and two children and, on the sides and back, grotesques.
Dish on a high foot. Earthenware, tin-glazed overall, the dish almost mat with speckles, the underside of the base pale beige. Painted in blue, green, turquoise, yellow, orange, brown, manganese-purple, and black.
Circular with shallow upturned sides and, on the underside, a rib encircling the junction of the dish and foot. The foot has a moulded edge and a swelling at the top.
In the middle, Charity sits on a rock with two children standing beside her in a landscape encircled by simulated beading with yellow and orange `rope' edges. The sides are decorated with radiating grotesques interrupted at the top by an oval shield charged with the arms party per fess vert and argent, two eels or serpents entwined between two flowering plants gules, ensigned by a prelate's hat and flanked by tassels arranged one, two, three. Round the rim is a narrow orange band and a wider yellow band decorated with orange, blue, black, and white strokes. On the back, grotesques radiate from a circle of simulated beading between yellow and orange `rope' edges. The foot is decorated with grotesques and has a yellow and orange petal border; the swelling at the top is yellow and orange.
History note: Dr Alfred Pringsheim; Sotheby's, 19 July 1939, Catalogue of the renowned collection of Italian majolica, the property of Dr Alfred Pringsheim of Munich, first part of lot 277; H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 8.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
16th Century
Renaissance
Circa
1580
CE
-
1600
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, green, turquoise, yellow, orange, brown, manganese-purple, and black)
Foot
Diameter 10.1 cm
Widest Point
Diameter 26.5 cm
Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed overall, the dish almost mat with speckles, the underside of the base pale beige. Painted in blue, green, turquoise, yellow, orange, brown, manganese-purple, and black.
Inscription present: circular with serrated edge
Inscription present: rectangular with serrated edge and blue printed border
Accession number: C.225-1991
Primary reference Number: 73292
Packing number: EURCER 376
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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