Dish
Unidentified Artist , Lambeth, England

Details
Title
Dish
Artist/Maker
Unidentified Artist , Lambeth, England
Date
ca. 1640
Medium
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
19 1/4 x 16 1/4 inches
Credit
Frances and Emory Cocke Collection
Accession #
1985.2
Many English tin-glazed and molded dishes from the 1600s represent Fecundity, the allegorical figure of fertility and productivity. This popular motif, attributed to French potter Bernard Palissy (known for his realistic molded decorations), was reproduced for over eighty years by the tin-glaze potters at Lambeth, just outside of London. Dish faces were pressed into molds, and the backs were somewhat crudely finished by hand. The shape was based on metal alms dishes, and they likely were used as commemorative and decorative objects.
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