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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 145

Dish

1475-1500 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Deruta (made)

Dish, 'E NON SE PO MANGIARE SENZA FATICA' painted on scroll, made in Deruta, Italy, 1475-1500, tin-glazed earthenware


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Maiolica
Object type
Dish
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Brief description
Dish, 'E NON SE PO MANGIARE SENZA FATICA' painted on scroll, made in Deruta, Italy, 1475-1500, tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 41.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'E NON SE PO MANGIARE SENZA FATICA' (Painted in capital letters on a scroll)
    Translation
    To eat is not possible without effort
  • CB crossed by a paraph (Maker's mark painted in manganese on the back)
Gallery label
Dish Made in Deruta, Italy 1475-1500 Mark in Manganese CB. Tin-glazed earthenware 2559-1856(16/07/2008)
Object history
Evans, Paris.

Purchase price note: Bought for £2 8s.
Production
J Mallet, 1995, Deruta, 1475-1500



See Cora (Storia della maiolica di Firenze etc. 1973) n. 143, plate was formerly attributed to Florence

Compare to Plate 25 in Fiocco-Gherardi 1994.
Bibliographic references
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian maiolica. London : H.M.S.O., 1977.
  • Fiocco, Carola and Gabriella Gherardi. La ceramica di Deruta dal XIII al XVIII secolo. Perugia : Volumnia, 1994. Pl.25.
  • See Rackham, Bernard: Italian Maiolica pl.13 ( London: Faber & Faber, 1952 ).
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
95 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
2559-1856

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
Record URL
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