Plateau thumbnail 1
Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Plateau

ca. 1770-1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Red earthenware covered with a white slip and with incised decoration enhanced with green and yellow brown.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Incised slipware
Brief description
Plateau of red earthenware covered with a white slip and with incised decoration enhanced with green and yellow brown. Southern Italy, about 1770-1800
Physical description
Red earthenware covered with a white slip and with incised decoration enhanced with green and yellow brown.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10cm
  • Diameter: 47.5cm
Gallery label
Dish Made in Italy 704-1893(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Bought
Object history
Purchase price note: Bought for £1 10s.
Historical context
C.84. 1970 could be of the same class, note careless drawing and splashing glaze at back.
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
1435 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
704-1893

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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