Dish
ca. 1545 (made)
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Dish on low foot depicting a bust of a man between initials F and B surrounded by oak-branches. Decorated with cerquiate, as in piece 56 in Rackham edition of Piccolpasso. Broken, parts of foot missing.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
Brief description | Dish on low foot, bust of man with initials F and B between oak-branches, made in Urbino or Castel Durante, about 1545, tin-glazed earthenware |
Physical description | Dish on low foot depicting a bust of a man between initials F and B surrounded by oak-branches. Decorated with cerquiate, as in piece 56 in Rackham edition of Piccolpasso. Broken, parts of foot missing. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'F' and 'B' between oak branches |
Gallery label | Dish depicting a bust of a man in an antique helmet
Made in Urbino or Castel Durante about 1545
Inscription: initials F and B between oak branches
Tin-glazed earthenware
C.2226-1910 Salting Bequest(16/07/2008) |
Credit line | Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq. |
Production | T. Wilson attributes this kind of oak-leaf decoration (cerquate) to Urbino rather than Casteldurante, see "National Art Collection Fund Review " 1996, p.145. Rackham, cat 1530-35 J mallet, 16.11.03 Broken, parts of foot missing. Decorated with cerquiate, as in piece 56 in Rackhman edition of Piccolpasso) Inscribed FB around a small soldier figure in the middle. |
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Other number | 597 - Rackham (1977) |
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Accession number | C.2226-1910 |
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Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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