1580-1600, PROBABLY PATANAZZI WORKSHOP

This bowl and cover would once have been part of an accouchement set, or childbirth set, which contained fortifying broth or treats for new mothers. These sets consisted of various types of vessels, and according to the contemporary account recorded by Cipriano Piccolpasso, they could include up to nine pieces. For a three-part set in the Detroit Institute of Arts consisting of a bowl very similar to the present lot, a cover and a stand, see Timothy Wilson, Tin-Glaze and Image Culture, the MAK Maiolica Collection in its wider context, The MAK, Vienna, April – August Exhibition Catalogue, Stuttgart, 2022, p. 230, where the drawing in Piccolpasso’s Li tre libri dell’arte del vasajo (The Three Books of the Potter’s Art), which shows a five-part set, is also illustrated.