Dish
ca. 1600-20 (made)
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The later followers of Bernard Palissy (about 1510-1590) adopted all his innovations. They continued to make colourful moulded earthenware well into the 1600s. Here they have successfully adapted a Dutch print of about 1600 to produce a highly decorative display object. It shows Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruits, with all her gardening equipment. Pomona, was associated more generally with orchards and gardens in the Renaissance. The scene is based on an engraving by Philis Galle (1537–1612) after a composition by Marten de Vos (1532–1603).
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware with lead-based colours and relief decoration |
| Brief description | Dish with the figure of Pomona. Earthenware, moulded, with coloured lead-glaze. French, possibly Fontainebleau, about 1600 |
| Physical description | Dish with mottled lead-based colours and applied relief decoration. The figure of Pomona reclines against a tree in a garden, surrounded by plants, a rake and a spade. In her left hand is a palm branch, a bouquet of flowers in her right. There is a garland of flowers around her hair. In the background, two female figures stand in a formal garden surrounded by buildings. |
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| Gallery label | Dish with Pomona, possibly Fontainebleau, about 1600(2010 (TAB)) |
| Object history | Dish with the figure of Pomona Follower of Bernard Palissy France About 1600 Earthenware, moulded, with coloured lead- glaze Museum no. 7170-1860 Representing the popular subject of Pomona, the goddess of fruit trees and orchards, gave the artist here an excuse for including a wonderful array of cultivated flowers and gardening implements. In this dish by a follower of Bernard Palissy, Pomona is set against the backdrop of a magnificent French landscape garden. The image has been adapted from a Dutch print to produce a highly decorative display object. |
| Historical context | A nearly identical dish but with different colouring is in the Louvre and is attributed to 'School of Palissy, late 16th-early 17th centuries'. |
| Summary | The later followers of Bernard Palissy (about 1510-1590) adopted all his innovations. They continued to make colourful moulded earthenware well into the 1600s. Here they have successfully adapted a Dutch print of about 1600 to produce a highly decorative display object. It shows Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruits, with all her gardening equipment. Pomona, was associated more generally with orchards and gardens in the Renaissance. The scene is based on an engraving by Philis Galle (1537–1612) after a composition by Marten de Vos (1532–1603). |
| Bibliographic reference | Hildyard, Robin. European Ceramics. London : V&A Publications, 1999. 144 p., ill. ISBN 185177260X |
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| Accession number | 7170-1860 |
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| Record created | May 11, 2000 |
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