Plateau
ca. 1870 (made)
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| Place of origin |
During the 1870s the Museum acquired a group of such ceramics to represent the skills of relatively less well-known factories in Italy in centres like Cortona, Gubbio and Florence. Such potteries made close imitations very much in the same spirit as the 15th and 16th century originals which were their inspiration. It was often described as 'old maiolica ware'. The fashion for this type of 'historicism' was widespread across western Europe and in Britain.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Earthenware, painted, glazed |
| Brief description | Plateau, earthenware painted in colours, possibly made by Fabbrica Alari, possibly decorated by Crespino Brunacci, Cortona, Italy, ca. 1870 |
| Physical description | Plateau, painted in colours with a shield of arms supported by two cupids and surrounded by bands of grotesques. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | unmarked |
| Object history | Bought from the art dealer William Campbell Spence, Florence in 1877. William Campbell Spence (1849-1927 living at 6, Via Micheli, Florence, Italy) was the son of William Blundell Spence (1814-1900) a painter, art collector and dealer. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | During the 1870s the Museum acquired a group of such ceramics to represent the skills of relatively less well-known factories in Italy in centres like Cortona, Gubbio and Florence. Such potteries made close imitations very much in the same spirit as the 15th and 16th century originals which were their inspiration. It was often described as 'old maiolica ware'. The fashion for this type of 'historicism' was widespread across western Europe and in Britain. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 693-1877 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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