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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 143, The Timothy Sainsbury Gallery

Vessel

ca. 1540-50 (Made)
Artist/Maker
Camillo Gatti (painter)
Place of origin
Urbino (Made)

Hexagonal stand.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Maiolica
Object type
Vessel
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware.
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Brief description
Tin-glazed earthenware, Urbino, Italy, ca.1540-50
Physical description
Hexagonal stand.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17cm
  • Width: 25cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq.
Production
Fontana Workshop
Association
Medici
Bibliographic references
  • For a discussion on shape, function and attribution, see J.V.G Mallet, 'The painter of the Coal-Mine Dish', in T. Wilson, Italian Renaissance pottery', British Museum 1991, pp. 66-69
  • For a discussion on the Medici coat of arms, see, Spallanzani, Marco, 'Ceramiche alla corte dei Medici nel Cinquecento', 1994, pp. 48-49 tav. 11
Other number
866 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.2296-1910

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Record createdNovember 14, 2005
Record URL
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