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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. 1520 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish, without foot-rim, painted in blue, yellow, brownish orange, copper green, pale manganese purple, opaque white, with a symmetrical design in reserve on a blue ground, consisting of trophies of arms and musical instruments on either side of a central trophy with, below it, a scrolled panel and above, a bucranium, a basket of fruit, and an armless winged boy. On the underside of the rim, within a wreath of foliage, crossed lozenges alternating with crossed circles, in the middle, a mark, TB or BT in monogram, in blue.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Large dish depicting trophies of arms and musical instruments, basket of fruit and armless winged boy, painted by Giovanni Maria, Marches, about 1520, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Dish, without foot-rim, painted in blue, yellow, brownish orange, copper green, pale manganese purple, opaque white, with a symmetrical design in reserve on a blue ground, consisting of trophies of arms and musical instruments on either side of a central trophy with, below it, a scrolled panel and above, a bucranium, a basket of fruit, and an armless winged boy. On the underside of the rim, within a wreath of foliage, crossed lozenges alternating with crossed circles, in the middle, a mark, TB or BT in monogram, in blue.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 34.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'TB' or 'BT' (Maker's mark painted in Gothic script in the middle. This is the same mark as the one on the Resurrection plaque.)
Gallery label
Dish Painted by Giovanni Maria, Marches, Italy about 1520 TB or BT Tin-glazed earthenware C.2084-1910 Salting Bequest(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq.
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
536 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
C.2084-1910

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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