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Maker: Unknown
Renaissance maiolica plate, painted in blue and white with a central five-petalled flower surrounded by trefoil leaves on stems.
Plate. Cream earthenware, tin-glazed pale greyish-blue overall, except the edge of the base. Painted in blue and white.
Shape approximately 52. Circular with a wide, almost flat rim, shallow well, slightly convex in the centre, and concave base.
A central five-petalled flower is surrounded by two concentric circles of parti-coloured blue and pale blue trefoil leaves on stems. Round the edge is a narrow border of scrolls between pairs of narrow blue bands. On the back, midway across the rim, there is a band of scrolling foliage painted alla porcellana in blue.
History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950.
Diameter: 25.2 cm
Height: 2.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
16th Century
Circa
1545
-
1580
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue and white)
except the edge of the base
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Tin-glazing : Cream earthenware, tin-glazed pale greyish-blue overall, except the edge of the base. Painted in blue and white.
Inscription present: circular with serrated edge
Accession number: C.232-1991
Primary reference Number: 73360
Packing number: EURCER 339
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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