Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Workshop:
Patanazzi family
Entities
Categories
Description
Maiolica dish painted in polychrome with the Muse Terpsichore in the central medallion, surrounded by grotesques on the sides and rim.
Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed overall; the glaze on the reverse is slightly uneven, and shows the fabric where it is thinly applied. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, a little manganese-purple, black, grey, and white.
Shape 59. Circular with broad, slightly sloping rim and broad, deep well, standing on a footring.
The central medallion shows the Muse Terpsichore standing in profile to right playing a harp, in a landscape encircled by simulated beading. On the sides of the well, at top and bottom, there is a winged herm, flanked by seated putti holding branches, and on the left and right, pairs of bears addorsed. The shoulder is encircled by two yellow bands flanking a wider yellow band with orange radial strokes. The rim is decorated with grotesques and pseudo-gems. On the edge there are narrow and wide yellow bands decorated with orange and white radial lines with blue rectangles between each pair. The back is encircled by yellow bands: one wide and one narrow outside the footring, one wide between two narrow at the shoulder, and one narrow and one wide on the outer edge.
Notes
History note: Andrew Fountaine IV; his heir; Christie's, 17 June 1884, Catalogue of the celebrated Fountaine collection of majolika, Henry II ware, Palissy ware, Nevers ware, Limoges enamels . . ., removed from Narford Hall, Norfolk, lot 156; Prof. Hermann. Dr Alfred Pringsheim; Sotheby's, 7 June 1939, Catalogue of the renowned collection of Italian majolica, the property of Dr Alfred Pringsheim of Munich, the first portion; 19-20 July 1939, the second and final portion, lot 74; Louis C.G. Clarke, MA, LL.D, Leckhampton, Cambridge
Legal notes
L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960
Measurements and weight
Diameter: 27.6 cm
Height: 4.7 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1961-04-27)
by
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
Dating
16th Century
Renaissance
Circa
1580
CE
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1600
CE
School or Style
Renaissance
Mannerist
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( blue, green, yellow, orange, a little manganese-purple, black, grey, and white)
Materials used in production
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Tin-glazing
: Pale buff earthenware, tin-glazed overall; the glaze on the reverse is slightly uneven, and shows the fabric where it is thinly applied. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, a little manganese-purple, black, grey, and white.
Inscription or legends present
- Text: 'af' and '124'
- Location: On base
- Method of creation: Incised
- Type: Collector's mark
References and bibliographic entries
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Catalogue of the celebrated Fountaine collection of majolika, Henry II ware, Palissy ware, Nevers ware, Limoges enamels, carvings in ivory, hone stone and rock crystal, Greek and Roman coins, ancient armour &c. &c., removed from Narford Hall, Norfolk
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Catalogue of the renowned collection of Italian majolica, the property of Dr Alfred Pringsheim of Munich
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The Fountaine collection of maiolica
page(s): p. 445
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Die Majolikasammlung Alfred Pringsheim
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Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge
page(s): 402-03
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Una famiglia di ceramisti urbinati: i Patanazzi
page(s): 105-15
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.89-1961
Primary reference Number: 76299
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024
Last processed: Wednesday 14 May 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
