Plate
ca. 1545 (made)
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Small dish on low foot depicting a bust of a lady in a medallion surrounded by bianco sopra bianco decoration. Two suspension holes drilled through the foot.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Plate, bust of a lady in medallion surrounded by bianco sopra bianco decoration, made in Castel Durante or Urbino, about 1545, tin-glazed earthenware |
| Physical description | Small dish on low foot depicting a bust of a lady in a medallion surrounded by bianco sopra bianco decoration. Two suspension holes drilled through the foot. |
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| Gallery label | Plate
Made in Castel Durante or Urbino, Marches, Italy about 1545
Tin-glazed earthenware
C.2260-1910 Salting Bequest(16/07/2008) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq. |
| Object history | Molinier Collection. |
| Production | TH. Wilson attributes a plate of this kind to the Urbino district (including Casteldurante, Urbino and Pesaro), see Id., Ceramic art of the Italian Renaissance, British Museum,1987, p. 83, No.124. J Mallet, 13/05/03 Particular piece, combining belle donne genre in the centre (without name) with oak leaves border (ghirlande di vilucchi) found in large plates. See G. Conti, 1973, plates 136-138, for similarly decorated pieces combining bianco-sopra-bianco with a similar painted oak border. Cf. Rackham cat.610 for similar border with oak leaves. |
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| Other number | 602 - Rackham (1977) |
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| Accession number | C.2260-1910 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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