Dish
ca. 1600 (made)
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Dish of lead-glazed earthenware painted with enamels and glazed. With a half-length portrait of Emperor Rudolph II in the centre. 'RVDOLPHSSECVNDVS ROMANORVM IMPERATOR' inscribed round the rim. Below the rim is an indented border in manganese-brown and yellow. The figure occupies the main surface of the dish.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Lead-glazed earthenware painted with enamels and glazed |
| Brief description | Dish of lead-glazed earthenware painted with enamels and glazed, Wroclaw, ca. 1600 |
| Physical description | Dish of lead-glazed earthenware painted with enamels and glazed. With a half-length portrait of Emperor Rudolph II in the centre. 'RVDOLPHSSECVNDVS ROMANORVM IMPERATOR' inscribed round the rim. Below the rim is an indented border in manganese-brown and yellow. The figure occupies the main surface of the dish. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'RVDOLPHSSECVNDVS ROMANORVM IMPERATOR' (Inscribed round the rim in white over a blue ground) |
| Credit line | Given by Bernard Rackham, Esq. |
| Object history | The portrait is adapted from an engraving by Giacomo Franco dated 1596. MA/1/R18 Information from Bernard Rackham: Dish, Silesian earthenware, with portrait of Rudolph II...At the sale of the effects of Lord Brownlow from Ashridge at Sotheby's in December I happened to find, in a lot with two Rouen dishes, a dish of a class of ware which I have never seen before outside Germany - the rare pottery painted within deeply incised outlines in brilliantly coloured tin enamels, made in the 16th century at Breslau. The five hitherto identified specimens were described in articles in 'Schlesiens Vorzeit' & 'Der Cicerone' (Vol. VI)...Dr. Sauerlandt of Hamburg, a leading authority on German pottery, has seen it & tells me it is a fine specimen of this rare type and could be worth a considerable sum in Germany. |
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| Accession number | C.75-1924 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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