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Maker: Unknown (Possibly)
Maiolica dish on low foot, painted in polychrome with a bust of a woman.
Pale yellowish-buff earthenware, tin-glazed overall. Painted in blue, yellow, orange, manganese-brown, and white.
Shape 78. Circular with shallow curved sides, standing on a low foot, with a shallow depression running round the junction of the foot and dish.
A bust of a woman three-quarter face. She has auburn hair dressed high over her forehead and wears an earring in her right ear, a blue bead necklace, a chemise with a ruffled standing collar, and a yellow bodice with orange bindings. The background is blue and there is a narrow blue line below the yellow rim.
History note: The Rt Hon. Baroness Zouche of Haryngworth; Sotheby's, 10 November 1922, Porcelain, tapestries, old English & French furniture & c. . . . the property of the Right Hon. Baroness Zouche of Haryngworth . . ., lot 168; H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest
Height: 6.7 cm
Width: 26.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
16th Century
19th Century
Circa
1850
CE
-
1900
CE
Production date:
circa
AD 1580
: The date of manufacture is uncertain.The colouring and costume suggest late 16th century but the treatment of the features could indicate that it was a 19th century pastiche.
Dishes of this type dating from c. 1520-45 have traditionally been attributed to Castel Durante.
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, yellow, orange, manganese-brown, and white)
Tin-glazing : Pale yellowish-buff earthenware, tin-glazed overall. Painted in blue, yellow, orange, manganese-brown, and white.
Accession number: C.268-1991
Primary reference Number: 73901
Packing number: EURCER 691
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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