Bowl
1510-1520 (made)
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Shallow bowl on low foot, painted in blue, brownish orange, yellow and manganese purple, depicting, in the middle, a badge, probably of a monastery. The badge is composed of a cross on a triple mount on which are letters OS. This is surrounded by concentric bands, varying in width, of bead-and leaf-ornament, a stylised laurel wreath, and an outer border divided into compartments in each of which is a crossed lozenge. The back unpainted, with a ring of honeycomb pattern cut in very slight relief on the wheel.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
Brief description | Shallow bowl or plate, made in Faenza, 1510-1520, tin-glazed earthenware |
Physical description | Shallow bowl on low foot, painted in blue, brownish orange, yellow and manganese purple, depicting, in the middle, a badge, probably of a monastery. The badge is composed of a cross on a triple mount on which are letters OS. This is surrounded by concentric bands, varying in width, of bead-and leaf-ornament, a stylised laurel wreath, and an outer border divided into compartments in each of which is a crossed lozenge. The back unpainted, with a ring of honeycomb pattern cut in very slight relief on the wheel. |
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Marks and inscriptions | A ring of honeycomb pattern (Cut in very slight relief on wheel, on unpainted back) |
Gallery label | Plate
Made in Faenza, Italy 1510-1520
Back unpainted, with a ring of honeycomb pattern cut in very slight relief on wheel.
Tin-glazed earthenware
C.2060-1910 Salting Bequest(16/07/2008) |
Credit line | Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq. |
Object history | Molinier Colection. Two bowls from the same set, with the same badge but different borders, repr. Falke, Mslg Pringsheim, figs. 171,172. Another is in the Castello Sforzesco, Milan. |
Bibliographic reference | Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977 |
Other number | 238 - Rackham (1977) |
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Accession number | C.2060-1910 |
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Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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