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Maiolica and Faience: Acquisitions of European Tin-Glaze and Related Pottery for the Ashmolean Museum, 2017-25

Maiolica and Faience: Acquisitions of European Tin-Glaze and Related Pottery for the Ashmolean Museum, 2017-25

Wilson, Timothy
Winterbottom, Matthew
Leoni, Francesca

Hardcover

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Publisher Price: $50.00

ISBN10: 1910807737
ISBN13: 9781910807736
Publisher: Ashmolean Museum
Published: Jan 13 2026
Pages: 144
Weight: 2.70
Height: 0.88 Width: 9.70 Depth: 11.98
Language: English
Acquisitions of Italian Maiolica by the Ashmolean since 2017, making it one of the world's most important and wide-ranging collections.

The Ashmolean Museum catalog Italian Maiolica and Europe (2017) included a range of works from Spain, France, the Netherlands, Germany, England, and Mexico, as well as Italy, to illustrate the rich history of European tin-glazed pottery. Since then, the Ashmolean has expanded its holdings of tin-glazed and related earthenwares to consolidate its position as one of the world's most important and wide-ranging collections. Among the acquisitions described here is the only known piece of Italian maiolica made for a Tudor Englishman, a plate made for Humphrey Dethick, who caused a nationwide stir in 1602 by an apparent attempt to assassinate King James VI of Scotland. The bequest from Sidney Knafel of New York has transformed the Museum's holdings of French faience; while important 16th-century maiolica comes from the collection of the late Airlie Holden-Hindley. Among the lustrewares included are fin-de-siècle pieces by Clément Massier and work by some of the world's supreme contemporary masters of the technique.

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