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On display at V&A South Kensington

Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Artist/Maker	Durantino, Francesco (maker)
Place of origin	Urbino (made)

Tin glazed earthenware plate made in Urbino. Managnese purple added to usual palette. Depicts the lovers Glaucus and Scylla at three stages in their story. Inscribed 'glaucho e scilla d houidio alibro' on back.

Object details

Categories	Ceramics Maiolica Earthenware
Object type	Plate
Materials and techniques	Tin-glazed earthenware Earthenware Tin Glaze Tin Glazed
Brief description	Plate depicting Glaucus and Scylla, tin-glazed earthenware, made in the workshop of Francesco Durantino, Urbino, dated 1545.
Physical description	Tin glazed earthenware plate made in Urbino. Managnese purple added to usual palette. Depicts the lovers Glaucus and Scylla at three stages in their story. Inscribed 'glaucho e scilla d houidio alibro' on back.
Dimensions	Diameter: 25cm
Marks and inscriptions	'glaucho e scilla d houidio alibro' (Painted on the back)
Gallery label	Plate Made in Francesco Durantino, Urbino, Italy dated 1545 Inscription: 'glaucho e scilla d houidio alibro' Tin-glazed earthenware 1777-1855 Formerly Bernal Collection(16/07/2008)
Object history	Formerly Bernal Collection.
Production	Attribution confirmed by T. Wilson, 10-6-2002 as 'classic Durantino'. It bears Francesco's handwriting. J. Mallet 20-01-2009
Subjects depicted	Glaucus Scylla
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	861 - Rackham (1977)
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	1777-1855

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Record created	July 16, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O159759/plate-durantino-francesco/

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