These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.
Download this imageCreative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.
Maker: Unknown
Maiolica dish, painted in polychrome with a bust of a woman in the middle, surrounded by foliage in panels.
Earthenware, tin-glazed overall. The glaze has crawled at the top of the rim and at centre back. Painted in greyish-blue, yellowish-green, yellow, and orange.
Shape approximately 64 with plain rim. Circular with narrow, slightly sloping rim, short, almost vertical sides and flat centre.
The central medallion contains a full-face bust of a woman wearing a ruff, framed by yellow and orange foliage between pairs of narrow concentric blue circles. Outside this, four panels of blue and white foliage alternate with smaller panels of orange and white foliage, enclosed by curved frames of yellow and orange egg and dart ornament or beading. The side is decorated with yellow and orange egg and dart between pairs of blue horizontal bands, and the rim with panels of yellow and white foliage alternating with smaller panels of blue and yellow plants, enclosed by curved green frames. The edge is yellow.
History note: William Ridout; Christie's, 13 December 1938, The William Ridout collection of Italian majolica, European pottery, faience and delftware, part of lot 102; H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950
Diameter: 39.9 cm
Height: 4.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
17th Century#
Circa
1600
CE
-
1620
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( in greyish-blue, yellowish-green, yellow, and orange)
Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed overall. The glaze has crawled at the top of the rim and at centre back. Painted in greyish-blue, yellowish-green, yellow, and orange.
Inscription present: remains of a circular Ridout collection label
Inscription present: circular with blue border
Inscription present: circular with serrated edge
Accession number: C.258-1991
Primary reference Number: 73746
Packing number: EURCER 354
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Dish" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/73746 Accessed: 2024-12-18 15:04:48
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/73746
|title=Dish
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-18 15:04:48|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-73746
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center">
<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa9/C_258_1991.jpg"
alt="Dish"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Dish</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...
