Lustred plate with the Pelican in her Piety
Dish with a bird feeding its young
Lustred dish with bird feeding its young
Maker
(ceramicist)
Title
Lustred plate with the Pelican in her Piety
Dish with a bird feeding its young
Lustred dish with bird feeding its young
Dish with a bird feeding its young
Lustred dish with bird feeding its young
Date of Production
circa 1500-1520
Medium
tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Diameter: 41.5 cm
Depth: 9 cm
Depth: 9 cm
Accession Number
O.1966.GP.93
Mode of Acquisition
Gambier Parry, bequest, 1966
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
On display
Keywords
Label Text
Lustred ceramics were a must-have luxury item of the fashionable Renaissance home. Lustre is made when a glazed and fired ceramic is painted with metal oxide pigments and fired again, at low temperature with restricted air supply. This process results in a metallic film that shimmers beautifully in candlelight. The technique of lustre originated in Iraq and Egypt and was brought to Spain by Arab potters in the 12th century. Around 1500, Italy developed its own specialist centres of lustred pottery in Deruta and Gubbio, two small towns in the central region of Umbria.
Provenance
Countess Baldovinetti, Florence; sold in Paris on 10-11 April 1854, lot 135; bought by Roussel; then sold again in Paris, Pouchet & Pillet on 30 April-4th May 1857, lot 48; acquired by Thomas Gambier Parry in Verona in 1861
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