Dish
ca. 1900 (made)
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Dish, flat bottom with a raised boss in the middle, perpendicular sides, slightly slanting rim with pitted surface. On the boss is an armorial shield charged with a bull. Between the boss and the inscribed band are eight panels filled in with scale-pattern or floral designs. The inscription reads: 'IN PRINCIPIO ERAT VERBVM ET VERBVM ERAT APVD DEVM ET DEVM (sic) ERAT VERBVM.' The rim is decorated with rows of small trefoils in reserve, surrounded by a border of flowers on coiled stems. The sides and the lower surface of the rim are painted with conventional ornament.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Buff-coloured earthenware, painted in yellow lustre |
| Brief description | Dish, buff-coloured earthenware painted in yellow lustre, made by Ulisse Cantagalli, Florence, Italy, ca. 1900 |
| Physical description | Dish, flat bottom with a raised boss in the middle, perpendicular sides, slightly slanting rim with pitted surface. On the boss is an armorial shield charged with a bull. Between the boss and the inscribed band are eight panels filled in with scale-pattern or floral designs. The inscription reads: 'IN PRINCIPIO ERAT VERBVM ET VERBVM ERAT APVD DEVM ET DEVM (sic) ERAT VERBVM.' The rim is decorated with rows of small trefoils in reserve, surrounded by a border of flowers on coiled stems. The sides and the lower surface of the rim are painted with conventional ornament. |
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| Object history | 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. This example is in imitation of Hispano-Moresque (Spanish) lustre of the early 1500s. |
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| Accession number | 1459-1904 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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