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Decorator:
Africa, Siro Antonio
Maker:
Rampini Factory
Maiolica plate, painted in polychrome with a ruined arcade with two arches, giving views of distant castles and mountains.
Earthenware, tin-glazed overall; three stilt marks on the reverse of the well. Painted in greyish-blue, greenish-grey, yellow, orange, and brown.
Shape 65. Circular with gently sloping rim and wide shallow well.
A ruined arcade with two arches giving views of distant castles and mountains. Between the arches there are two fluted columns on pedestals, one decorated with an oval relief of a putto, the other with a rectangular landscape. In the foreground a man reclines against the first column, and another man holding a staff and backing the viewer stands further back to the left. A brown band encircles the rim. The back is decorated in brown with five simplified plants and a mark comprising AF on either side of the shank of an anchor or grapnel.
History note: Thomas Sutton; Christie's, 8 March 1934, Catalogue of Chinese porcelain & furniture the property of the Rt Hon. the Viscount Barrington and porcelain, faience, decorative objects and furniture, Eastern rugs and tapestry the properties of Thomas Whitney Esq., deceased, a lady of title and various other sources, lot 57; H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950
Diameter: 25.6 cm
Height: 2.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
17th Century#
18th Century, Early#
Circa
1660
CE
-
1720
CE
Formerly attributed to Angarano, or to the Manardi factory in Bassano
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( greyish-blue, greenish-grey, yellow, orange, and brown)
Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed overall; three stilt marks on the reverse of the well. Painted in greyish-blue, greenish-grey, yellow, orange, and brown.
Inscription present: on either side of the shank of an anchor or grapnel
Accession number: C.251-1991
Primary reference Number: 73623
Packing number: EURCER 383
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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