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

Dish

ca. 1735 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of tin-glazed buff-coloured tin-glazed earthenware painted with colours. Circular and depicting the Creation of Eve (after Raphael), and with a shield of arms at the top, probably Englefield.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted with colours
Brief description
Dish of tin-glazed buff-coloured tin-glazed earthenware painted with colours, depicting the Creation of Eve, possibly workshop of Ferndinando Maria Campani, Siena, ca. 1735.
Physical description
Dish of tin-glazed buff-coloured tin-glazed earthenware painted with colours. Circular and depicting the Creation of Eve (after Raphael), and with a shield of arms at the top, probably Englefield.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 31.5cm
Gallery label
Dish Made in Ferdinando Maria Campani?, Siena, Italy about 1735 Tin-glazed earthenware 4063-1901 Jermyn Street Collection(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Came back from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street in 1972.
The Creation of Eve is after a fresco by Raphael in the Loggia of the Vaticano, Rome.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Pelizzoni, E. and G. Zanchi. La maiolica dei Terchi. Firenze, 1982. pp.54, 67.
  • Curnow, C. Italian maiolica in the National Museums of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1992. 87 p.
Collection
Accession number
4063-1901

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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