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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

1530-1535 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Moulded dish on low foot, showing the Agnus Dei, painted in blue, green and red and gold lustre. On the back, faint spirals and the letter 'N'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Moulded dish on low foot, showing the Agnus Dei, made in Gubbio, Italy, 1530-35, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Moulded dish on low foot, showing the Agnus Dei, painted in blue, green and red and gold lustre. On the back, faint spirals and the letter 'N'.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 24.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'N' (Signature painted on the back)
Gallery label
Dish Made in Gubbio, Italy 1530-35 N Tin-glazed earthenware 8895-1863 Soulages Collection(16/07/2008)
Object history
Purchase: Soulages Collection.
Production
John Mallet 27-1-1999, A dated (1532) example in Ballardini's Corpus, II, no. 72.
Bibliographic references
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian maiolica. London : H.M.S.O., 1977.
  • Bojani G.C., et al. Mastro Giorgio da Gubbio: una carriera sfolgorante. Gubbio, 1998. Cat. 35, ill. 72 p.
  • Poole, J.E. Italian maiolica and incised slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum. Cambridge, 1995. No.300.
  • Ballardini, G. Corpus della maiolica Italiana. II. 1938. No.72.
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
705 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
8895-1863

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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