Cantagalli Tin Glazed Earthenware Panel: Journey of the Magi

A fine large tin glazed earthenware panel by Cantagalli,…
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A fine large tin glazed earthenware panel by Cantagalli, Manifattura Figli di Giuseppe Cantagalli, Florence, circa 1890, formed of three abutting tiles, decorated with a scene of a procession through a landscape adapted from Benozzo Gozzoli's Journey of the Magi in the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence, the reverse of the central tile inscribed in underglaze blue 'Benozzo Gozzoli - Palazzo Riccardi - Firenze' above a sketch of a standing and singing cockerel, mounted in the original sixteenth century-style cassetta frame, 23.5 x 60.5 cm (the panel overall), 35 x 73 cm (frame overall)

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  • Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
  • Earthenware - A basic ceramic material that is fired at a low temperature. Earthenware is the basis of almost all ancient, medieval, Middle Eastern and European painted ceramics. After firing, the colour is the colour of the clay when it is dug from the ground: buff, brown and red. It is not waterproof until glazed. Creamware is a type of earthenware covered with a transparent lead glaze. Majolica, faience and delft are also earthenware covered in an opaque white tin glaze.
  • Tin Glazed - Tin glazing is a technique used to decorate earthenware, to produce maiolica, faience and delftware. Once the pottery has been fired, it is dipped into a white opaque glaze of oxides of tin and lead which produces a porous white surface, the background for the brightly painted decoration. The surface is then decorated with enamel colours which are absorbed by the glaze, and then fired again, resulting in the decoration fusing into the surface of the object.