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

Dish

1623 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Rome (made)

Dish of tin-glazed earthenware painted with colours. In the middle is God appearing to Adam and Eve after the Fall, within a narrow band of leafy scrolls. Four cartouches on the rim containing, respectively, a band with 'S.P.Q.R.', tree under a crown, Eagle of the Empire, and 'ALMA ROMA 1623'.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Maiolica
Earthenware
Object type
Dish
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted with colours
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Painted
Brief description
Dish of tin-glazed earthenware painted with colours, probably made in Rome, dated 1623.
Physical description
Dish of tin-glazed earthenware painted with colours. In the middle is God appearing to Adam and Eve after the Fall, within a narrow band of leafy scrolls. Four cartouches on the rim containing, respectively, a band with 'S.P.Q.R.', tree under a crown, Eagle of the Empire, and 'ALMA ROMA 1623'.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 43cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'S.P.Q.R.' (Latin. Painted on the rim on four cartouches.)
  • 'ALMA ROMA 1623' (Latin. Painted under the crown on the front.)
Gallery label
Dish Made in Italy S.P.Q.R. Tin-glazed earthenware C.14-1948 Given by Lt.-Col. K. Dingwall, D.S.O.(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Object history
Lent by Lt.-Col. K. Dingwall, D.S.O. ( Loan number 32) through the bequest of Sir. F.R.Fraser. Ex- Lockwood Collection.
Subjects depicted
Leaves
Scrolls
Tree
Crown
Eagle
Grotesques
Cupids
Torches
Sea-Horses
Monsters
Birds
Snails
Adam and Eve
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
1067 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.14-1948

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
Record URL
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