Dish
c. 1500 (made)
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This dish is displayed showing the back so that the technique of applying slip is more evident. Often the backs and bottoms of ceramics were not covered with slip as these areas would not normally be visible. Here, you can see that the potter has applied slip only to the rim area which has carved and painted decoration. Look at the blotches of slip on the red ground. The potter has inadvertently left his fingerprints on this dish.
Similarly decorated ceramics were made in Pomarance, near Pisa in Tuscany. It seems likely that this dish too came from the same area.
The coat of arms in the centre of this dish (blue, three roses between an arched fess) have not been identified with any Renaissance Italian noble family. There was a family by the name of Baradat with holdings in Champagne who bore somewhat similar arms.
Similarly decorated ceramics were made in Pomarance, near Pisa in Tuscany. It seems likely that this dish too came from the same area.
The coat of arms in the centre of this dish (blue, three roses between an arched fess) have not been identified with any Renaissance Italian noble family. There was a family by the name of Baradat with holdings in Champagne who bore somewhat similar arms.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware covered with slip and decorated by incising through slip and painting with oxides |
| Brief description | Dish of red earthenware covered with white slip; with decoration incised through the slip and painted with oxides. Italian (Tuscany, possibly Pomarance), about 1500 to 1520 |
| Physical description | Dish (sgraffiato), round dish with indented rim. In the centre there is an armorial shield and in the hollow a band of flowers and scrolls. The colours are blue, brown, yellow and green. The shield: Azure, fess enarched between 3 roses (arms of Baradat?). |
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| Gallery label | 3 Back of a dish partly covered with slip
Italy, Tuscany, possibly Pomerance, 1500-20
Potters did not always cover the backs of dishes with slip, as the main decoration would be on the front. The 16th-century potter has left his slip-covered fingerprints on this piece.
Museum no. 22-1884((TAB) 2009) |
| Credit line | Bought from Signor Augiolini of Bologna |
| Object history | Bought from Signor Augiolini of Bologna for £6. Not listed in Rackham |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | This dish is displayed showing the back so that the technique of applying slip is more evident. Often the backs and bottoms of ceramics were not covered with slip as these areas would not normally be visible. Here, you can see that the potter has applied slip only to the rim area which has carved and painted decoration. Look at the blotches of slip on the red ground. The potter has inadvertently left his fingerprints on this dish. Similarly decorated ceramics were made in Pomarance, near Pisa in Tuscany. It seems likely that this dish too came from the same area. The coat of arms in the centre of this dish (blue, three roses between an arched fess) have not been identified with any Renaissance Italian noble family. There was a family by the name of Baradat with holdings in Champagne who bore somewhat similar arms. |
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| Accession number | 22-1884 |
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| Record created | January 24, 2008 |
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