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Maker: Unknown
Maiolica dish, painted in polychrome with, in the middle, a woman riding a horse towards the left.
Earthenware, coated with cream slip (or tin glaze?) and lead-glazed except for the area inside the footring and a wide zone round it. Painted underglaze in blue, green, yellow, brown, and a little very dark brown.
Shape approximately 63, but shallower, the footring pierced by two correctly placed suspension holes.
In the middle is a woman riding a horse towards the left. The background is shaded with blue and yellow and there is a low skyline. On the rim are yellow, green, and brown buds between groups of three orange concentric bands. A yellow band encircles the edge.
History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest
Diameter: 41.5 cm
Height: 6.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
17th Century#
Circa
1650
CE
-
1700
CE
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, brown, and a little very dark brown)
Lead-glazing : Earthenware, coated with cream slip (or tin glaze?) and lead-glazed except for the area inside the footring and a wide zone round it. Painted underglaze in blue, green, yellow, brown, and a little very dark brown.
Accession number: C.277-1991
Primary reference Number: 74051
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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