Dish - Pottery - Cerreto Sannita BN
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Antique Italian maiolica plate (faience) with a stanniferous glaze from the Cerreto Sannita workshop, Campania, dating to 1750–1800, with a lobed edge and a central bouquet of wildflowers and bright green drapery motifs, 23.5 cm in diameter and 2.5 cm high, in good condition with minor signs of age.
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Ancient Italian tin-glazed maiolica (faience) with a tin glaze, featuring an evident and fascinating craquelure network with stylistic elements and a color palette typical of 18th-century Italian ceramics: the Cerreto Sannita Manufacture (Benevento).
The thread-edge (festoon or drapery) along the wavy rim of the plate stands out with three bright green geometric decorative elements that recall stylized drapes or curtains. This motif, a “ruffle” or “curtain” design, is one of the most iconic, repeated, and recognizable graphical traits of the Cerreto Sannita kilns in the eighteenth century.
The colors used are exactly those typical of the Cerretese high-fire tradition: the bright copper-green for the drapes and leaves, the antimony yellow for the petals of the flowers, all outlined by manganese brown contours to give depth to the design.
The central bouquet of wildflowers (bouquet), fresh, swift, and essential, with elongated leaves and alternating small buds, fully reflects the Neapolitan and Campanian floral decoration of the second half of the eighteenth century, which adorned the tableware of noble families or the local agrarian bourgeoisie.
The wavy (lobed) and slightly shaped rim confirms the late Baroque or Rococo period.
Condition: a slight craquelure visible on the back that branches out and minimal glaze wear along the rim.
Height 2.5 cm
Diameter 23.5 cm
Private collection Medici Ottolin
The packaging will be extremely careful
Ancient Italian tin-glazed maiolica (faience) with a tin glaze, featuring an evident and fascinating craquelure network with stylistic elements and a color palette typical of 18th-century Italian ceramics: the Cerreto Sannita Manufacture (Benevento).
The thread-edge (festoon or drapery) along the wavy rim of the plate stands out with three bright green geometric decorative elements that recall stylized drapes or curtains. This motif, a “ruffle” or “curtain” design, is one of the most iconic, repeated, and recognizable graphical traits of the Cerreto Sannita kilns in the eighteenth century.
The colors used are exactly those typical of the Cerretese high-fire tradition: the bright copper-green for the drapes and leaves, the antimony yellow for the petals of the flowers, all outlined by manganese brown contours to give depth to the design.
The central bouquet of wildflowers (bouquet), fresh, swift, and essential, with elongated leaves and alternating small buds, fully reflects the Neapolitan and Campanian floral decoration of the second half of the eighteenth century, which adorned the tableware of noble families or the local agrarian bourgeoisie.
The wavy (lobed) and slightly shaped rim confirms the late Baroque or Rococo period.
Condition: a slight craquelure visible on the back that branches out and minimal glaze wear along the rim.
Height 2.5 cm
Diameter 23.5 cm
Private collection Medici Ottolin
The packaging will be extremely careful
Details
Era
1400-1900
Specific region of origin
Campania
Title additional information
Cerreto Sannita BN
Number of objects
1
Country of origin
Italy
Material
Pottery
Condition
Good condition - used with small signs of ageing
Height
2.5 cm
Width
23.5 cm
Diameter
23.5 cm
Depth
2.5 cm
Estimated period
1750-1800
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