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Bowl: C.248-1991

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown (Probably)

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Description

Maiolica bowl with rim, painted in darker blue and a little white with a landscape with a fisherman, a river, a village and a hill.

Bowl with rim. Earthenware, tin-glazed lavender-blue overall. Painted in darker blue and a little white.
Shape 59 with a shallow groove under the outer edge. Circular with wide flat rim and deep curved well, standing on a footring.
A landscape in which a fisherman sits on rocks beside a river. On the opposite bank are a tree, a village and a distant hill. A narrow band encircles the rim. On the back, eight blue petals radiate from the footring.

Notes

History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.

Legal notes

H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 24.3 cm
Height: 3.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

16th Century
17th Century
Circa 1575 CE - 1650 CE

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue and a little white)

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed lavender-blue overall. Painted in darker blue and a little white.

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: square

  • Text: 3
  • Method of creation: Inscribed in pencil
  • Type: Label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.248-1991
Primary reference Number: 73577
Packing number: EURCER 341

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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