Bowl Cover
ca. 1450-1475 (made)
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With foot ring and recessed foot. The wheel-like motif is known as the 'marguerite' and probably represents a stylised flower. Probably the upper half of a double bowl.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware with lustre decoration |
| Brief description | Bowl cover, made in Paterna or Manises, Spain, about 1450-75, tin-glazed earthenware with lustre decoration |
| Physical description | With foot ring and recessed foot. The wheel-like motif is known as the 'marguerite' and probably represents a stylised flower. Probably the upper half of a double bowl. |
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| Object history | Purchase. Formerly Henry Wallis Collection. |
| Production | A dish with this marguerite motif, similarly outlined in blue circles joined with figure-of-eight knots, is in the Musee de Cluny, see Montagut, Robert et al, 'El reflejo de Manises', Valencia 1996, no.14 p.72. Also dated to the mid-15th century. |
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| Accession number | 13-1907 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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