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

Basin

ca. 1515 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Basin of tin-glazed earthenware. With a high foot. The lower part is gadrooned and ornamented within and without with rows of raised bosses coloured brown and yellow, and with blue flowers. On the bottom of the inside in the centre is a raised escutcheon with a female head and the name 'CAMILA' painted on a scroll to left of the female bust, and the panel is surrounded by the initials 'S.P.Q.R', one letter in each of the four brown bosses.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Basin of tin-glazed earthenware, Cafaggiolo, ca. 1515
Physical description
Basin of tin-glazed earthenware. With a high foot. The lower part is gadrooned and ornamented within and without with rows of raised bosses coloured brown and yellow, and with blue flowers. On the bottom of the inside in the centre is a raised escutcheon with a female head and the name 'CAMILA' painted on a scroll to left of the female bust, and the panel is surrounded by the initials 'S.P.Q.R', one letter in each of the four brown bosses.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11cm
  • Diameter: 33.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'CAMILA' (Painted on scroll to left of bust)
Gallery label
Basin Made in Italy CAMILA Tin-glazed earthenware 837-1870(16/07/2008)
Object history
Purchase price note: Bought for £16 16s.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
326 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
837-1870

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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