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Dish

ca. 1620-1630 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish, painted in the same colours as No.1089A. In the middle, a medallion enclosed by eight radial panels within a wreath of ribbon foliage. Of the panels six are filled with acanthus-foliage reserved on grounds hatched alternately in blue and brownish orange, the two remainder contain each two half figures of naked boys grasping the stalks of plants between them. In the medallion a shield with the arms of Visconti, of Milan (Argent a viper undulating azure crowned or, devouring a child gules), ensigned with a coronet and a green bishop's hat. On the rim, a wavy foliated band in reserve on a blue ground. The back plain.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Dish depicting radial panels filled with acanthus-foliage and boys, Visconti shield with arms in medallion, made in Italy, tin-glazed earthenware, ca. 1620-1630
Physical description
Dish, painted in the same colours as No.1089A. In the middle, a medallion enclosed by eight radial panels within a wreath of ribbon foliage. Of the panels six are filled with acanthus-foliage reserved on grounds hatched alternately in blue and brownish orange, the two remainder contain each two half figures of naked boys grasping the stalks of plants between them. In the medallion a shield with the arms of Visconti, of Milan (Argent a viper undulating azure crowned or, devouring a child gules), ensigned with a coronet and a green bishop's hat. On the rim, a wavy foliated band in reserve on a blue ground. The back plain.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 44.4cm
Gallery label
(16/07/2008)
Dish
Made in Italy
Tin-glazed earthenware

C.143-1939
Object history
Purchase price note: Bought for £10 10s.
Production
See Literature
Bibliographic references
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian maiolica. London : H.M.S.O., 1977.
  • Rackham, Bernard. Italian Maiolica. London : Faber and Faber, 1952.
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
1089B - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
C.143-1939

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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