Dish
ca. 1525 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Plate, painted in blue with slight touches of orange. In the well is a figure of a naked boy holding a toy windmill, in a landscape. On the rim, a repeating asymmetrical design of dragons pursuing one another and intertwined with serpents, with trophies of arms, books and shells in the interspaces. On the back of the rim, alternate straight and zigzag rays in blue.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Dish, landscape with naked boy holding a toy windmill, dragon design on rim, made in Romagna or Marches, about 1525, tin-glazed earthenware |
| Physical description | Plate, painted in blue with slight touches of orange. In the well is a figure of a naked boy holding a toy windmill, in a landscape. On the rim, a repeating asymmetrical design of dragons pursuing one another and intertwined with serpents, with trophies of arms, books and shells in the interspaces. On the back of the rim, alternate straight and zigzag rays in blue. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | F crossed by paragraph in blue (Maker's mark painted in Gothic script on the back) |
| Gallery label | Dish
Made in Romagna, ItalyMarches about 1525
F crossed by paragraph in blue
Tin-glazed earthenware
C.2114-1910 Salting Bequest(16/07/2008) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq. |
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| Other number | 243 - Rackham (1977) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.2114-1910 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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