Bowl
1888 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Footed bowl of tin-glazed earthenware, decorated with bands of leaves and a shield in red lustre.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in copper red lustre |
| Brief description | Bowl on flared foot, tin-glazed earthenware painted in copper-red lustre, by Ulisse Cantagalli, Italy (Florence), 1888 |
| Physical description | Footed bowl of tin-glazed earthenware, decorated with bands of leaves and a shield in red lustre. |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | A crowing cockerel, painted in copper red lustre |
| Object history | Exhibited at the Italian Exhibition, London, 1888, from where it was purchased by the Museum Historical significance: In 1878 Ulisse Cantagalli inherited a factory in Florence and began to trade as Manifattura Figli di Giuseppe Cantagalli. His main production was of copies of Italian maiolica, but also of other European and Middle Eastern ceramics, often using, as here in this bowl, copper-red lustre. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Thornton, D.: Apollo, Feb. 2000, fig. 9 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1674-1888 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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