Plate
ca. 1500 (made)
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Plate, painted in blue, orange, copper green, yellow and manganese purple. In the middle, in a medallion with a panelled border, is a symmetrical composition with a grotesque mask, a shell, paired monsters, trumpets and scrolls. The rim has an inner border of scale-pattern enclosed by an outer with cranesbill motives on a wavy stem against a ground of tiny spirals. On the back, concentric rings, wide and narrow, in blue and purple.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Plate depicting grotesque mask, shell, paired monsters, trumpets and scrolls, made in Faenza, Italy, about 1500, tin-glazed earthenware |
| Physical description | Plate, painted in blue, orange, copper green, yellow and manganese purple. In the middle, in a medallion with a panelled border, is a symmetrical composition with a grotesque mask, a shell, paired monsters, trumpets and scrolls. The rim has an inner border of scale-pattern enclosed by an outer with cranesbill motives on a wavy stem against a ground of tiny spirals. On the back, concentric rings, wide and narrow, in blue and purple. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq. |
| Production | J Mallet Typical flat Montelupo back |
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| Other number | 218 - Rackham (1977) |
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| Accession number | C.2067-1910 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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