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

Plate

ca. 1530 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate, tin-glazed earthenware, in the centre a female bust in profile facing left. The border is decorated with concentric bands in yellow, orange and blue.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Plate, tin-glazed earthenware, in the centre a female bust in profile, Central Italy, ca. 1530.
Physical description
Plate, tin-glazed earthenware, in the centre a female bust in profile facing left. The border is decorated with concentric bands in yellow, orange and blue.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 24.5cm
Gallery label
Plate Made in Central Italy , Italy About 1530 Tin-glazed earthenware 2543-1856(16/07/2008)
Object history
Purchased at Arondel, 26 rue Bonaparte, Paris, for £ 1
Production
J Mallet
Dark red back.
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
231 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
2543-1856

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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