A CAFAGGIOLO LUSTRED STAND

CIRCA 1510, REVERSE WITH LUSTRED SP MONOGRAM

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A CAFAGGIOLO LUSTRED STAND
CIRCA 1510, REVERSE WITH LUSTRED SP MONOGRAM
The centre painted in blue with a double Cross of Lorraine flanked by an S and a reversed S, the fluted well with radiating blue-edged lustre lozenges, the border with a lustre garland, the rim crimped, the reverse with four double line borders enclosing a central SP monogram (small area of retouching to flaking of central boss, crack from rim at 5 o'clock to well, chip to reverse of rim at 12 o'clock, very slight flaking and chipping to rim, edge of well and central boss)
9¾ in. (24.7 cm.) wide

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Semenzato, Florence, 12th November 1988, lot 328.

Literature

Alessandro Alinari, 'Un piatto araldico ed il problema dei lustri a Cafaggiolo', CeramicAntica, anno 1, no. 3 (March 1991), pp. 24-33.

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Lot Essay

Lustred Cafaggiolo wares are very rare, and as some pieces bear a strong resemblance to Deruta it is thought that the technique of lustering could have been introduced at Cafaggiolo by a potter from Deruta. The precise dating of lustred Cafaggiolo pieces remains uncertain. See D. Thornton and T. Wilson, Italian Renaissance Ceramics, A Catalogue of the British Museum Collection, London, 2009, Vol. I, pp. 186-187, no. 119 and p. 192, no. 122 for the two lustred pieces in the British Museum, and p. 187, note 1 for a list of other known lustred examples including the present lot.

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