Bowl thumbnail 1
On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Bowl

ca. 1899 (made)
Artist/Maker
Carlo and Giano Loretz & Co. (manufacturers)
Unknown
Place of origin
Milan (made)

Earthenware, covered with white slip through which the decoration is cut, painted with oxide pigments under a clear glaze

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Copies and Facsimiles
Object type
Bowl
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, with white slip and cut decoration, painted with oxide pigments, clear glaze
Earthenware
Glaze
Slip
Painted
Glazed
Sgraffito
Incising
Brief description
Earthenware bowl, Carlo and Giano Loretz & Co., Milan, ca. 1899
Physical description
Earthenware, covered with white slip through which the decoration is cut, painted with oxide pigments under a clear glaze
Gallery label
(1987-2006)
BOWL

1309-1900

'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900'

One of a group of vessels bought from the makers, all of them imitating known pieces: this is a copy of a bowl of about 1450 which belonged to the maker. The technique of decoration is called sgraffito . Carlo Loretz was a ceramic painter who worked in a number of factories and founded his own in Milan in 1896; it was continued until 1909 by his son, Giano.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
1309-1900

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Record createdApril 11, 2006
Record URL
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