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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

ca. 1500-1510 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Deruta (made)
Gubbio (made)

Dish depicting profile of a lady in dress of the period, made in Deruta or Gubbio, Italy, about 1500-10, tin-glazed earthenware


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Maiolica
Object type
Dish
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Brief description
Dish depicting profile of a lady in dress of the period, made in Deruta or Gubbio, Italy, about 1500-10, tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 37.5cm
Gallery label
Dish depicting profile of a lady in dress of the period Made in Deruta or Gubbio, Italy about 1500-10 Tin-glazed earthenware 124-1896(16/07/2008)
Object history
Purchase price note: 124 to 126-1896 bought for £200.
Production
J Mallet, 16/03/04
It seems freer than the common Deruta type. With original suspension holes (one broken and one drilled)
Subject depicted
Profiles (Figures)
Bibliographic references
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian maiolica. London : H.M.S.O., 1977.
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
455 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
124-1896

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O159504/dish-unknown/
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