Dish
1555 (dated)
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Dish of tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue. Flat with shallow sides and flat rim. In the middle is a nude standing figure of a boy holding a bird attached to a string on his right hand, in a medallion with a border of discs. The underside is painted with the sacred monogram 'I H S' in Gothic characters surrounded by radiating leafy stems. The sides are decorated with conventional borders.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in cobalt blue |
| Brief description | Earthenware covered with a tin glaze and painted in blue. German (probably Nuremberg), dated 1555. |
| Physical description | Dish of tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue. Flat with shallow sides and flat rim. In the middle is a nude standing figure of a boy holding a bird attached to a string on his right hand, in a medallion with a border of discs. The underside is painted with the sacred monogram 'I H S' in Gothic characters surrounded by radiating leafy stems. The sides are decorated with conventional borders. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | The sacred monogram 'IHS' in Gothic characters surrounded by radiating leafy stems (Painted in blue on the underside) |
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| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
| Object history | Jermyn Street Collection. |
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| Accession number | 3838-1901 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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