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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

ca. 1540 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish moulded with convex centre.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Coppa, dish on low foot, depicting St. Francis holding a book and a cross, made in Faenza, Italy, about 1540, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Dish moulded with convex centre.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 29.5cm
Gallery label
Dish depicting St. Francis holding a book and a cross Made in Faenza, Italy About 1540 Tin-glazed earthenware 8897-1863 Soulages Collection(16/07/2008)
Object history
Purchase: Soulages Collection.
Production
J Mallet, 23/02/2003
Urbino influence of floral decorative pattern on the border. It is likely that the artist who painted the central medallion did not do the rest of the dish. the foot wsa possibly cut down.
Function: fruttiera.
Subject depicted
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
264 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
8897-1863

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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