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Maker:
Unidentified Bologna pottery
(Probably)
Maker:
Unidentified Ferrara pottery
(Probably)
Renaissance, earthenware dish, slip coated, incised, painted in blue, green, and brownish-yellow under lead glaze, with, in the middle, a bust of a woman .
Red earthenware, coated in white slip except for the base. The front is incised and painted in blue, green, and brownish-yellow under lead glaze. There are three spur marks in the well. Circular with a sloping rim and shallow well (Shape 88).
In the middle, within three concentric circles, is a bust of a woman in profile to the left, in front of a fence and two cone-shaped trees. The rim is decorated with a wavy stem of denated leaves between two pairs of concentric bands.
History note: Murray Collection, Florence; Berlin, Cassirer and Helbing, 6-7 November 1929, Sammlung Murray Florence, lot 135, pl. XXIV. H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Diameter: 34.5 cm
Height: 5.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
16th Century, Early#
Renaissance
Circa
1500
CE
-
1530
CE
Probably Bologna or Ferrara
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, and brownish-yellow)
Slip-coated : Red earthenware, coated in white slip except for the base. The front is incised and painted in blue, green, and brownish-yellow under lead glaze.
Inscription present: oval label with gold edge
Accession number: C.280-1991
Primary reference Number: 74085
Packing number: EURCER 333
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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