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

Bowl

ca. 1520-1525 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl, moulded with fluting, with low foot, painted in blue, copper green, yellow, orange, dark red, opaque white. In the middle, in a medallion, is a shield with the arms of Berlinghieri of Florence - Argent a chevron sable (rendered in dark blue) in chief label of four points gules. It is supported by two cupids sitting on the ground, with curtains above them. The remaining surface is covered with a repeating symmetrical composition of cherubs, trophies of shields, grotesque masks flanked by dolphins, and scrolls, in reserve on a blue ground. The back is painted in blue and orange with two rows of transversely striped petal motives and, in the centre, a rosette.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Brief description
Bowl depicting the a shield with the arms of Berlinghieri of Florence in the middle, made in Faenza, Italy, about 1520-25, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Bowl, moulded with fluting, with low foot, painted in blue, copper green, yellow, orange, dark red, opaque white. In the middle, in a medallion, is a shield with the arms of Berlinghieri of Florence - Argent a chevron sable (rendered in dark blue) in chief label of four points gules. It is supported by two cupids sitting on the ground, with curtains above them. The remaining surface is covered with a repeating symmetrical composition of cherubs, trophies of shields, grotesque masks flanked by dolphins, and scrolls, in reserve on a blue ground. The back is painted in blue and orange with two rows of transversely striped petal motives and, in the centre, a rosette.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 27cm
Gallery label
Bowl Made in Faenza, Italy about 1520-25 Tin-glazed earthenware C.2089-1910 Salting Bequest(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq.
Object history
Morland and Gavet Collections.
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
234 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
C.2089-1910

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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