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Ceramics, Room 143, The Timothy Sainsbury Gallery

Artist/Maker	Mancini, Giacomo (made)
Place of origin	Deruta (made)

Among the most popular designs on large Deruta dishes of this kind are single figures of horsemen, either Western lancers, such as this one, or, Turkish ones. This type of plate may have formed a pair with an Ottoman rider proceeding in the opposite direction.

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Categories	Ceramics Maiolica
Object type	Dish
Materials and techniques	Tin-glazed earthenware, painted with colours Earthenware Tin Glaze
Brief description	Dish depicting a man carrying a spear on a horse, possibly made in Mancini workshop, Deruta, Italy, mid 16th century, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description	A lancer mounted on a horse gallops to the right. The rim is divided by radial stripes into six panels filled with different decorations. Colours orange, green, yellow and blue. Greenish lead-glaze on the back; a capital letter or symbol in the middle of the foot. J Mallet suspension holes and pierced. badly broken, not restored. grey shadows on horse.
Dimensions	Diameter: 39cm 2009
Marks and inscriptions	'V' with a paraph (Maker's mark painted in Roman script on the underside of the dish.)
Object history	Delange Collection, Paris.
Production	Giulio Busti from the Deruta Museum suggested this dating (2009)
Subjects depicted	Spears (Weapons) Horses (Animals) Horse Rider
Summary	Among the most popular designs on large Deruta dishes of this kind are single figures of horsemen, either Western lancers, such as this one, or, Turkish ones. This type of plate may have formed a pair with an Ottoman rider proceeding in the opposite direction.
Bibliographic references	Poole, J.E. Italian maiolica and incised slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum. Cambridge, 1995. Fiocco, Carola and Gabriella Gherardi. La ceramica di Deruta dal XIII al XVIII secolo. Perugia : Volumnia, 1994. pp.179-180. Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number	757 - Rackham (1977)
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	2595-1856

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Record created	July 16, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O159931/dish-mancini-giacomo/

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