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

Storage Jar

mid 15th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pot of earthenware covered with a tin glaze and painted in blue with busts of a man and a woman on either side.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Brief description
Pot of earthenware covered with a tin glaze and painted, Florence or Deruta, mid 15th century.
Physical description
Pot of earthenware covered with a tin glaze and painted in blue with busts of a man and a woman on either side.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.5cm (Note: conversion from inches)
  • Diameter: 17.5cm
Gallery label
Storage jar Florentine area Mid 15th century Tin glazed earthenware 467-1899(16/07/2008)
Production
J Mallet
Mid 15th century. Not typical, but perhaps Florentine. Could possibly be Deruta?
Second half of the 15th century. Cora, G., Storia della maiolica di Firenze e del contado: Secoli xiv e xv, Firenze 1973, tav.134.
Bibliographic reference
Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
58 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
467-1899

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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