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Plate with oak pattern (cerquate)

about 1525–45
Object PlaceUrbino or Casteldurante, Italy
Medium/TechniqueTin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
DimensionsDiameter: 24.1 cm (9 1/2 in.); height: 2.5 cm (1 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Thomas O. Richardson
Accession number22.45
On View
On view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceAbout 1525/1545, made as part of a service for the Della Rovere family, Urbino. Hollingworth Magniac (b. 1786 - d. 1867), Colworth House, Bedfordshire; probably by descent to his son, Charles Magniac (b. 1827 - d. 1891), London [see note]. Mary Rich (Mrs. Thomas O.) Richardson (b. 1849 - d. 1924), Boston and Newport, RI; 1922, gift of Mrs. Thomas O. Richardson to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 5, 1922)

NOTE: The underside of the dish has a label that reads "Magniac collection." The collection was dispersed in a series of sales after the death of Charles Magniac.
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