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Maker: uncertain (Possibly)
Plate, maiolica, decorated with fruit and floral sprays.
Earthenware, tin-glazed overall. The glaze is thick and speckled with black. Painted in blue, sage-green, yellow, orange-red, and manganese-purple.
Circular with waved and cusped reeded edge, sloping rim, curved sides and flat centre.
In the centre there is an arrangement of fruits on leaves: a peach or plum, a lemon, a cherry and an almond. On the rim, four sprays of stylised flowers and foliage alternate with four butterflies.
History note: Cambridge, where purchased in January 1900 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 23.0 cm
Height: 3.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid#
Circa
1745
CE
-
1760
CE
Northern Italy; perhaps Lombardy, Pavia or Lodi
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( in blue, sage-green, yellow, orange-red, and manganese-purple)
Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed overall. The glaze is thick and speckled with black. Painted in blue, sage-green, yellow, orange-red, and manganese-purple.
Accession number: C.2214-1928
Primary reference Number: 80802
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Plate" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/80802 Accessed: 2024-11-22 00:23:35
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