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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 145

Ewer

1560-1570 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Faenza (made)

Ewer, fluted, painted with leafy scrollwork in reserve on a blue ground.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Maiolica
Object type
Ewer
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Brief description
Ewer, fluted, tin-glazed earthenware painted with leafy scrollwork in reserve on a blue ground, made in Faenza, Italy, 1560-70
Physical description
Ewer, fluted, painted with leafy scrollwork in reserve on a blue ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.5cm
  • Width: 25cm
Gallery label
Ewer Made in Faenza, Italy 1560-70 Tin-glazed earthenware 726-1891(16/07/2008)
Object history
Purchase price note: Bought for £4 17s 3d.
Bibliographic references
  • Rackham, Bernard. Italian Maiolica. London : Faber and Faber, 1952. Pl.82A
  • Bolognesi, G. Di alcune maioliche nella collezione Giovanni Bolognesi. Faenza. 1955, XLI, no.5. Pl.XXXVIII .
  • Ravanelli Guidotti, C. Faenza-Faïence 'Bianchi' di Faenza. Ferrara : Belriguardo, 1996. No.131, pp. 472.
  • Ravanelli Guidotti, C. Thesaurus di opere della tradizione di Faenza. Faenza, 1998. No.125, pp. 470-471.
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
1028 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
726-1891

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
Record URL
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