Chapter I: Front Matter

SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM ART HANDBOOKS.

EDITED BY WILLIAM MASKELL.

No. 4.--MAIOLICA.

_These Handbooks are reprints of the dissertations prefixed to the large catalogues of the chief divisions of works of art in the Museum at South Kensington; arranged and so far abridged as to bring each into a portable shape. The Lords of the Committee of Council on Education having determined on the publication of them, the editor trusts that they will meet the purpose intended; namely, to be useful, not alone for the collections at South Kensington but for other collections, by enabling the public at a trifling cost to understand something of the history and character of the subjects treated of._

_The authorities referred to in each book are given in the large catalogues; where will also be found detailed descriptions of the very numerous examples in the South Kensington Museum._

W. M.

_August, 1875._

MAIOLICA

BY

C. DRURY E. FORTNUM, F.S.A.

WITH NUMEROUS WOODCUTS.

_Published for the Committee of Council on Education_

BY

SCRIBNER, WELFORD, AND ARMSTRONG,
NEW YORK.
1876.

LIST OF WOODCUTS.

PAGE

Persian wall tile 7

Damascus plate 13

Hispano-moresque vase 15

Rhodian plate 16

Vase with imitative Arabic inscription 17

Fragment of Damascus vase, from Pisa 19

Siculo-moresque bowl 20

Tondo by Luca della Robbia 25

Betrothal deep plate, Gubbio 30

Plateau, with portrait, Pesaro (?) 31

Sgraffiato circular dish 33

Vase, Gubbio (?) 38

Dish or plateau, Urbino 40

Circular dish, Urbino 41

Plate, a maiolica painter 44

Florentine mark 48

Vases, &c., from the manuscript of Piccolpasso 53

Dish, with portrait 64

Ancient Persian plate 68

Rhodian shallow bowl 70

Damascus marks 71

Plateau, Malaga (?) 78

“ Spanish 81

Dish, Valencia 82

Hispano-moresque marks 83

Inscription on a vase 84

Sgraffiato bowl 87

Plateau, early Tuscan (?) 90

Tazza plate, Caffaggiolo 91

Plate, Caffaggiolo 91

Ewer, or large pitcher 93

Vase, Caffaggiolo 95

Drug-vase, Siena 97

Plate, Siena 98

Plate, by Maestro Benedetto 98

Mark of Benedetto 99

Mark on Mr. Henderson’s dish 99

Mark on dish in Hôtel Cluny 101

Bacile on dish, with portrait 105

“ incredulity of St. Thomas 107

Pesaro inscription 109

Vase, Gubbio 112

Dish, two horsemen 113

Plaque, St. Sebastian 116

Bowl 117

Tazza or bowl 117

Deep tazza, Hercules and Antæus 120

Plateau 121

Mark (probably of Giorgio) with paraphe 122

Marks on a plate in the British museum 123

Small tazza, “the stream of life” 124

Fac-simile of Giorgio’s mark 125

Plate, Castel Durante 129

Vase “ “ 131

Mark, Castel Durante 132

Tondino “ “ 133

Fruttiera “ “ 133

Shallow basin “ 134

Dish, with portrait of Perugino 135

Mark and inscription of Nicola da Urbino 139

Mark, &c., of Guido 142

Pilgrim’s bottle, Urbino 143

Mark of Francesco Durantino 151

Dish, with Cupids, Diruta 156

Fabriano mark 157

Another 158

Viterbo, part of a border 159

Inscription on a Roman vase 161

Mark and date on a Faenza plate 165

Plate, Faenza 167

Mark on the same plate 167

Plate, Faenza 168

Inscription, Baldasara Manara 169

Monogram of F. R. 170

Tazza, Faenza 171

Plate, Forlì 175

Inscription, with portrait-heads 176

Vase, Ferrara 178

Plateau, Venice 182

“ Venice 184

Vase, uncertain fabrique 185

Dish, Tuscan (?) 186

MAIOLICA.