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Dish: EC.2-1945

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Production: Verstraeten, Willem Janz (Possibly)

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware, painted with St John holdinga cross on a staff/or putto, surrounded by grotesques in the style of Urbino maiolica; yellow border with slanting orange dashes

Legal notes

Purchased with the Glaisher Fund

Measurements and weight

Height: 5.4 cm
Width: 33 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Haarlem ⪼ North Holland ⪼ United Provinces of the Netherlands

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1945-02) by The Glaisher Fund

Dating

17th Century, Mid#
Circa 1645 CE - Circa 1655 CE

Note

The decoration of this dish was inspired by Italian maiolica, possibly from Deruta, as fragments of Deruta maiolica with grotesque decoration have been found in Haarlem.

School or Style

Urbino style

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( yellow, orange, manganese-purple)

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Tin-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: EC.2-1945
Primary reference Number: 76907
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 14 November 2017 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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