Dish
ca. 1520 (made)
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Dish, without foot-rim, painted in blue, yellow, brownish orange, copper green, pale manganese purple, opaque white, with a symmetrical design in reserve on a blue ground, consisting of trophies of arms and musical instruments on either side of a central trophy with, below it, a scrolled panel and above, a bucranium, a basket of fruit, and an armless winged boy. On the underside of the rim, within a wreath of foliage, crossed lozenges alternating with crossed circles, in the middle, a mark, TB or BT in monogram, in blue.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
Brief description | Large dish depicting trophies of arms and musical instruments, basket of fruit and armless winged boy, painted by Giovanni Maria, Marches, about 1520, tin-glazed earthenware |
Physical description | Dish, without foot-rim, painted in blue, yellow, brownish orange, copper green, pale manganese purple, opaque white, with a symmetrical design in reserve on a blue ground, consisting of trophies of arms and musical instruments on either side of a central trophy with, below it, a scrolled panel and above, a bucranium, a basket of fruit, and an armless winged boy. On the underside of the rim, within a wreath of foliage, crossed lozenges alternating with crossed circles, in the middle, a mark, TB or BT in monogram, in blue. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'TB' or 'BT' (Maker's mark painted in Gothic script in the middle. This is the same mark as the one on the Resurrection plaque.) |
Gallery label | Dish
Painted by Giovanni Maria, Marches, Italy about 1520
TB or BT
Tin-glazed earthenware
C.2084-1910 Salting Bequest(16/07/2008) |
Credit line | Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq. |
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Other number | 536 - Rackham (1977) |
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Accession number | C.2084-1910 |
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Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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