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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. 1525 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Moulded dish on low foot with leaf decoration in the centre. The red lustre decoration shows green spots, probably caused during firing. Relief-moulded, painted in blue and with red lustre. On the back, rough scrolls surrounding a 'D' mark in pale lustre.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Moulded dish on low foot with leaf decoration in the centre, made in Gubbio, about 1525, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Moulded dish on low foot with leaf decoration in the centre. The red lustre decoration shows green spots, probably caused during firing. Relief-moulded, painted in blue and with red lustre. On the back, rough scrolls surrounding a 'D' mark in pale lustre.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 20.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'D' (Maker's mark painted on the back)
Gallery label
Dish Made in Gubbio, Italy about 1525 D Tin-glazed earthenware 8943-1863 Soulages Collection(16/07/2008)
Object history
Purchase: Soulages Collection.
Production
John Mallet, 19-1-1999
Bibliographic reference
Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
706 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
8943-1863

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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