Dish
1899 (made)
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Dish made of earthenware, covered with a light slip. Incised decoration covered with a brown lead glaze. Ornamental border with tritons blowing shell horns interspersed with foliage. In the sunk centre is an escutcheon with helmet and mantling; on the escutcheon are three birds perched on a tree, which is supported by two squirrels. The wide rim is decorated with a repeating design of two tritons blowing conch-shells and separated by floral devices.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Incised slipware, lead glazed |
| Brief description | Dish of incised slipware, copy of a 17th-century original, made by Carlo and Giano Loretz & Co., Milan, Italy, dated 1899 |
| Physical description | Dish made of earthenware, covered with a light slip. Incised decoration covered with a brown lead glaze. Ornamental border with tritons blowing shell horns interspersed with foliage. In the sunk centre is an escutcheon with helmet and mantling; on the escutcheon are three birds perched on a tree, which is supported by two squirrels. The wide rim is decorated with a repeating design of two tritons blowing conch-shells and separated by floral devices. |
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| Object history | Bought, £6. 16s. 7d. One of a group of vessels bought from the makers, all of them imitating known pieces: this is a copy of a dish in the Turin Museum made by Antonio Maria Cuzio of Pavia at the end of the 17th century. 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. |
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| Accession number | 1310-1900 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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