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

Plate

1540-1550 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tin glazed earthenware plate painted in blue, yellow, orange, copper green, brown, black and opaque white. Depicts Apollo (with a bow) and Daphne (part transformed into a tree).


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Plate depicting Daphne and Apollo, tin-glazed earthenware, made in Italy, 1540-1550
Physical description
Tin glazed earthenware plate painted in blue, yellow, orange, copper green, brown, black and opaque white. Depicts Apollo (with a bow) and Daphne (part transformed into a tree).
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 27cm
Gallery label
Plate Made in Italy Tin-glazed earthenware 1791-1855 Formerly Bernal Collection(16/07/2008)
Object history
Formerly Bernal Collection.
Subjects depicted
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
908 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
1791-1855

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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