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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

1670-1700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, depicting Fortuna on a shell with nymphs masks and water landscapes in compartments. Round the rim is a border of allegorical figures and faces. Pierced suspension hole.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted with in-glaze blue
Brief description
Dish of tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue depicting Fortuna on a shell with nymphs, possibly Delft, 1670-1700.
Physical description
Dish of tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, depicting Fortuna on a shell with nymphs masks and water landscapes in compartments. Round the rim is a border of allegorical figures and faces. Pierced suspension hole.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 39.9cm
Gallery label
Dish depicting Fortune riding on a shell Possibly made Delft, Netherlands 1670-1700 Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration C.195-1923 Given by Lt.-Col. K. Dingwall, D.S.O., through the National Art Collections Fund(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.195-1923

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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