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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

1550-1560 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Faenza (made)

Fruttiera, dish depicting Cupid holding a small fruttiera, made in Faenza, Italy, 1550-1560, tin-glazed earthenware


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Maiolica
Object type
Dish
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Brief description
Fruttiera, dish depicting Cupid holding a small fruttiera, made in Faenza, Italy, 1550-1560, tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 27cm
Gallery label
Dish depicting Cupid holding a small fruttiera Made in Faenza, Italy 1550-1560 Tin-glazed earthenware 1807-1855 Formerly Bernal Collection(16/07/2008)
Object history
Formerly Bernal Collection.

Purchase price note: Bought for £6 10s.
Production
J Mallet, 25/04/2003
Shape slightly deeper than usual fruttiere.
Subject depicted
Cupid
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
935 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
1807-1855

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
Record URL
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