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The demographic tensions inherent in a society bound to dynastic success yet afflicted by decades of plague epidemics resulted in a ritual of childbirth that was intended to affirm, comfort and encourage. As the production of maiolica flourished in Italy during the sixteenth century, ceramic wares, painted with birth-related images, became integral parts of the material culture necessary to this ritual. The images on these ceramic vessels were often concealed on the underside of lids or within bowls; to be seen only by the mother and those most intimately connected with the event.\r\nThis broth bowl and trencher (a flat plate used to cover a bowl) likely formed part of a more extensive birth set, or <i>scodella da impagliata</i>. As well as commemorating the birth of a child, these bowls were customarily filled with broth and other such nourishing foods, specially prepared for a new mother during her confinement.","physicalDescription":"Broth bowl on high foot, and trencher forming a cover (from an accouchement set). On the trencher, a childbirth scene, with a woman pouring water into a bowl and an old man casting a horoscope. A curtained bed stands in the background. 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As well as commemorating the birth of a child, these bowls were customarily filled with broth and other such nourishing foods, specially prepared for a new mother during her confinement.","historicalContext":"The material culture associated with childbirth in Renaissance Italy was rich and complex. The demographic tensions inherent in a society bound to dynastic success yet afflicted by decades of plague epidemics resulted in a ritual of childbirth that was intended to affirm, comfort and encourage. As the production of maiolica flourished in Italy during the sixteenth century, ceramic wares, painted with birth-related images, became integral parts of the material culture necessary to this ritual. The images on these ceramic vessels were often concealed on the underside of lids or within bowls; to be seen only by the mother and those most intimately connected with the event.","briefDescription":"Trencher and broth bowl from an accouchement set, tin-glazed earthenware with birth scenes, painted in colours, Urbino, 1533-38","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Jacqueline Marie Musacchio, <u>The Art and Ritual of Childbirth in Renaissance Italy</u>, Yale, 1999"},{"reference":{"text":"Ajmar-Wollheim, Marta and Flora Dennis, <i>At Home in Renaissance Italy</i>, London: V&A Publishing, 2006.","id":"AUTH347593"},"details":"","free":""},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Catalogue of the various works of art forming the collection of the late Matthew Uzielli ... : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. 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The trencher shows another childbirth scene, with a woman pouring water into a bowl and an old man casting a horoscope.\r\n\r\nItaly, Casteldurante\r\n\r\nTin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)\r\n\r\nMuseum no. C.2258&A-1910","date":{"text":"2008","earliest":"2008-01-01","latest":"2008-12-31"}}],"partNumbers":["C.2258A-1910","C.2258-1910"],"accessionNumberNum":"2258","accessionNumberPrefix":"C","accessionYear":1910,"otherNumbers":[{"type":{"text":"Rackham (1977)","id":"THES56972"},"number":"551"}],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Cover","Bowl"],"assets":["2019LP7525","2019LP6142","2019LT2563","2019LT2327","2019LW3148","2019LW2667"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-16","recordCreationDate":"2006-03-16","availableToBook":false}}