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

Dish

1544 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Large dish without foot ring, 'D S' painted on front, made in Urbino or Castel Durante, Italy, dated 1544, tin-glazed earthenware


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Large dish without foot ring, 'D S' painted on front, made in Urbino or Castel Durante, Italy, dated 1544, tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 46cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'D S' (Painted on the front)
  • '1544' (Date painted on the back)
Gallery label
Dish Made in Urbino or castel Durante , Italy dated 1544 D S Tin-glazed earthenware 650-1884 Castellani Collection(16/07/2008)
Object history
Formerly Castellani Collection.

Purchase price note: Bought for £79 2s.
Production
J mallet, 03.11.03
Large dish wihout foot ring

C.f dish with Gonzaga arms cat.566.
'Bianco sopra bianco' decoration. Coat-of-arms with Scorpio in the middle (family name?)
Badly broken in the middle, restored. Spur marks around the rim.
Bibliographic references
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian maiolica. London : H.M.S.O., 1977.
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
610 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
650-1884

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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