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Dish: C.300-1991

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Seville factory

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Description

Earthenware, tin-glazed creamy overall and painted in blue, yellow, and orange. Circular with a wide sloping rim, and deep curved well, with three spur marks in the middle. In the well, within two narrow blue concentric circles, there is a bust of a man wearing a helmet, facing in profile to left towards two flowers on a stalk. The rim is decorated with a border of curving stems of foliage and flowers with a dotted background between narrow blue bands.

Notes

History note: Unknown before testator, Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950; The Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991

Legal notes

H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 33 cm
Height: 6.4 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Seville ⪼ Spain

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

16th Century, Late
Circa 1575 CE - 1600 CE

Note

This dish belongs to a series with dotted grounds (serie punteada)

School or Style

Renaissance

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colour ( blue, yellow, and orange)

Materials used in production

creamy-white Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed creamy-white, and painted in blue, yellow, and orange high-temperature colours
Tin-glazing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: green rectangular strip

  • Text: SOT
  • Method of creation: Printed in black
  • Type: Label

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.300-1991
Primary reference Number: 74304
Packing number: EURCER 127
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 15 December 2023 Last processed: Friday 15 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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