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Maiolica dish, painted in polychrome with a shell fountain and a bust, with trees.
Earthenware, tin-glazed overall; crazed on the back. There are three spur marks on the rim. Painted in greyish-blue, green, yellow, orange, manganese-purple, and grey. Six-sided with shaped edge, sloping, lightly fluted sides and flat centre.In the middle is an asymmetrical rocaille cartouche enclosing a shell fountain and a bust, with trees on either side of it.
History note: Purchased from Mossel in June 1918 by H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950
Diameter: 22.5 cm
Height: 3.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
18th Century
Circa
1750
CE
-
1770
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( greyish-blue, green, yellow, orange, manganese-purple, and grey)
Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed overall; crazed on the back. There are three spur marks on the rim. Painted in greyish-blue, green, yellow, orange, manganese-purple, and grey.
Inscription present: circular with serrated edge
Accession number: C.271-1991
Primary reference Number: 73945
Packing number: EURCER 380
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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