Dish
ca. 1600 (made)
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Circular dish on standing foot, the edge cut with ten equal scrolls. Moulded inside with five mermaids with double tails and seated astride dolphins, arranged radially around a representation of water. In each hand the mermaids hold a vase filled with flowers. Coloured in blue, green, yellow and white reserve on a brown ground. The reverse is mottled.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware, moulded and coloured glazes |
| Brief description | Dish of buff earthenware with moulded decoration painted with coloured glazes and with a clear glaze overall. French, about 1600. |
| Physical description | Circular dish on standing foot, the edge cut with ten equal scrolls. Moulded inside with five mermaids with double tails and seated astride dolphins, arranged radially around a representation of water. In each hand the mermaids hold a vase filled with flowers. Coloured in blue, green, yellow and white reserve on a brown ground. The reverse is mottled. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq. |
| Object history | Salting Bequest. |
| Production | Style of Bernard Palissy |
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| Bibliographic reference | Lauzay et Delange |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.2325-1910 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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