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

Dish

mid 16th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish depicting bust of a man in Roman armour, made in Deruta, Italy, mid 16th century, tin-glazed earthenware


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Dish depicting bust of a man in Roman armour, made in Deruta, Italy, mid 16th century, tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 42.2cm
  • Height: 11.1cm
Gallery label
Dish depicting bust of a man in Roman armour Made in Deruta, Italy mid 16th century Tin-glazed earthenware 2594-1856 Delange Collection(16/07/2008)
Object history
Delange Collection, Paris.

Purchase price note: Bought for £3 5s.
Production
Rackham
Deruta, about 1510.

J Mallet
"Mancini style", Il frate workshop.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian maiolica. London : H.M.S.O., 1977.
  • Fiocco, Carola and Gherardi, Gabriella. Una targa della collezione Cora attribuibili alla bottega del Frate da Deruta. Faenza. 1984, LXX, nos.5-6. 412 p., Tav. CXXVb.
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
782 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
2594-1856

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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