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Raffaelle ware, n. Ceramics.|ræfaɪˈɛlɪ ˌwɛə(r)|
Also 8–9 Raphael's ware and varr.
[f. the name of the Italian painter, Raffaello Santi (Raphael; 1483–1520) + ware n.3]
A type of sixteenth-century Italian majolica whose pictorial designs were heavily influenced by (and once attributed to) Raphael; also, a modern imitation of this.
1773in A. V. B. Norman Wallace Collection: Catal. Ceramics (1976) I. 25 Very fine old Raphael's ware bottle curiously painted. 1774Descr. Villa of H. Walpole 107 A salver of Raphael fayence; story of the prodigal son. 1842Valuable Contents of Strawberry Hill xii. 127 A magnificent specimen of the rare old faenza or Raphael's ware, the design most masterly. 1872W. Chaffers Keramic Gallery I. 27 In England it was in the last century called Raffaelle ware, on account of the impression which existed, that the great Raffaelle himself condescended to paint on some of this ware. 1905F. Litchfield Pott. & Porc. (new ed.) ii. 18 The fallacy that Raffaelle actually decorated the majolica known as Raffaelle ware, has been exploded. 1960R. G. Haggar Conc. Encycl. Continental Pott. & Porc. 376/2 [Raphael's] influence was such, that although he never painted maiolica, it was formerly..thought that he did so. In consequence maiolica with such decorations was referred to as ‘Raphael fayence’ or ‘Raffaelle ware’. 1981‘J. Gash’ Vatican Rip x. 83 Knowing I was there, she wisely glossed over a piece of so-called Rafaello ware..and instead sold a little harlequin table of about 1790. |