Plate
ca. 1520-1525
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Flattish plate with shallow well and vertical border. Covered front and back with light blue tin-glaze. Painted in blue, green, orange, yellow and white. On the border, on a dark blue ground, grotesque decoration in pale blue and white. At the centre of the well is a shield of arms, surmounted by a cherub's head, on pale blue, surrounded by a moulding. The reverse contains zigzags and flowers in dark blue on the paler ground.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Plate, blue border of grotesque decoration, at the centre a shield of arms surmounted by a cherub's head, tin-glazed earthenware, Faenza, ca. 1520-1525 |
| Physical description | Flattish plate with shallow well and vertical border. Covered front and back with light blue tin-glaze. Painted in blue, green, orange, yellow and white. On the border, on a dark blue ground, grotesque decoration in pale blue and white. At the centre of the well is a shield of arms, surmounted by a cherub's head, on pale blue, surrounded by a moulding. The reverse contains zigzags and flowers in dark blue on the paler ground. |
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| Object history | Purchase. Formerly Bernal Collection. |
| Production | Tuscan Sheild = or on a bend Azur, 3 mullets of eight points gold and chief vair? |
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| Bibliographic reference | Elisa Sani, Not in Rackham - 'Italian Renaissance maiolica in the Victoria and Albert Museum – Part 1', in: Keramos 210 (2010), pp. 1-30, cat. 14 |
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| Accession number | 1732-1855 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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