ITALY, Faenza

Jar
(c. 1480)

Essay

Making sense of nonsense: pseudo-script on an Italian Renaissance maiolica dish

Ecstasy André MASSON A monk with a book TITIAN Armchair, from the Post Office Savings Bank, Vienna Otto WAGNER (designer); GEBRÜDER THONET, Vienna (manufacturer) International Exhibition of Decorative Arts and Modern Industry 1925 Robert BONFILS MEASURE WITH LID Lady Rous née Charlotte Maria Whittaker, second wife of the 6th Baronet, later, Earl of Stradbroke William BEECHEY Kubus, stacking storage containers Wilhelm WAGENFELD (designer); Vereinigte Lausitzer Glaswerke A.G., Weisswasser (manufacturer) Belt buckle (Bust of a woman) PIEL FRÈRES, Paris (manufacturer) International Exhibition of Decorative Arts and Modern Industry 1925 André GIRARD Portrait of an old lady Françoise DUPARC VASE CHELSEA (manufacturer) Scaramouche and Columbine MEISSEN PORCELAIN FACTORY, Meissen (manufacturer); Johann Joachim KÄNDLER (modeller) International Exhibition of Decorative Arts and Modern Industry 1925 Charles LOUPOT MEDALLION PORTRAIT The Mayor's Cup William KERR CANDLESTICK Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence Jusepe de RIBERA Johann Friedrich Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, plaque VOLKSTEDT PORCELAIN FACTORY, Volkstedt (manufacturer) Pietà CHELSEA PORCELAIN FACTORY, London (manufacturer); Joseph WILLEMS (modeller) Clock garniture MINTON, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (manufacturer); Marc-Louis-Emmanuel SOLON (decorator) Ulysses and the Sirens John William WATERHOUSE Teacup and saucer MINTON, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (manufacturer) Portrait of a gentleman Louis TOCQUÉ Spouted pharmacy jar ORAZIO POMPEI WORKSHOP, Castelli (manufacturer) The grasshopper Jules LEFEBVRE The finding of the True Cross COLA dell'Amatrice Baronne Madeleine Deslandes Edward BURNE-JONES JAR Untitled (Red) Mark ROTHKO JAR