Object type
serving dish
Fabric
white earthenware decorated in blue
Culture/period
Medieval and modern
Materials
pottery
Technique
wheel-thrown
Mint
Production date
1650 / 1700
Museum
Museu Arqueològic Comarcal de Banyoles
Current location
Archaeological site
Pou del pati de la Pia Almoina
Township
Banyoles
Dimensions
260 mm diàmetre
Description
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Silver or blue ceramic serving dish made in Barcelona. It is included in the series "of the finger", so called by the characteristic decorative motifs on the rim of the dish, made with a brush but which look like finger marks. The central motif, on the other hand, consists of a double flower that fills much of the inner surface of the dish, showing a certain tendency to the horror vacui so characteristic of the baroque. On the wing, two small holes were made before it was fired to hang the dish on the wall when it was not in use.
The manufacture of the dish required a double firing. In the first, the ceramic was baked, then, by immersion, a layer of varnish was applied that provided the white base on which the blue decoration was painted. That was done with cobalt oxide and depending on the concentration, a more or less intense blue was obtained. Finally, the second and definitive firing, which at the same time fixed the varnish and decoration, was carried out.
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Omeka ID
3589