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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Dish

1500-50 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish. Probably made in Montelupo, Italy; early 16th century.
Tin-glazed earthenware.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours
Brief description
Dish of tin-glazed earthenware, Montelupo Fiorentino, Italy, 1500-50
Physical description
Dish of tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue, orange, copper green and dark red. In the middle a medallion filled with a chequer-pattern, enclosed by a border of leaf-motives on alternate sides of a wavy line. On the rim, a wide border of zigzag bands with egg-and-dart motives in the outer interspaces.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 35.5cm (Note: conversion from inches)
Credit line
Given by J. H. Fitzhenry
Object history
Given by J.H. Fitzhenry
Summary
Dish. Probably made in Montelupo, Italy; early 16th century.
Tin-glazed earthenware.
Bibliographic reference
Ajmar-Wollheim, Marta and Flora Dennis, At Home in Renaissance Italy, London: V&A Publishing, 2006.
Other number
354 - Rackham (1940)
Collection
Accession number
C.657-1909

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Record createdJune 8, 2006
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