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Dish (© Fitzwilliam Museum)
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© Fitzwilliam Museum

Dish (© Fitzwilliam Museum)

Dish

Artist: Italian

Location: Fitzwilliam Museum

Date: 1583

Materials: tin-glazed & painted earthenware

Grant:

Amount Paid: £880 (Total: £3,521)

Vendor: Sotheby's

Review number: 4691 (1999)

Provenance:
Not known

Description:
Dish on low foot painted in ochre, blue and yellow, the central boss with an armorial shield flanked by the letters 'P' and 'F' within a band of scrolling foliage. The foot inscribed in blue 'fatto in nazzano di S.Paulo di Roma il primo di Agosto 1583'. Made in Nazzino, Italy.

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