Vase

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

Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Duchy of Urbino (made)

Vase of tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours. On either side a wreath of fruit and leaves encircling a crowned eagle on a trunk, supporting a shield with the arms of Guidobaldo I di Montefeltro. Part of the rim has been restored.

Object details

Categories	Ceramics Maiolica
Object type	Vase
Materials and techniques	Tin-glazed earthenware painted with colours Earthenware Tin Glaze
Brief description	Vase with an eagle supporting a shield with the arms of Guidobaldo I of Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino (1482-1508), probably made in the Duchy of Urbino, before 1508
Physical description	Vase of tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours. On either side a wreath of fruit and leaves encircling a crowned eagle on a trunk, supporting a shield with the arms of Guidobaldo I di Montefeltro. Part of the rim has been restored.
Dimensions	Diameter: 32cm
Marks and inscriptions	'SPQR' Transliteration SPQR is an acronym from a Latin phrase, Senātus Populusque Rōmānus (The Senate and People of Rome) 'f 8/8' incised in the base (The meaning of this mark is unclear)
Gallery label	(16/07/2008) Vase depicting an eagle supporting a shield with the arms of Guidobaldo I di Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino (1482-1508) Inscription: 'SPQR' Tin-glazed earthenware C.2122-1910 Salting Bequest Formerly D'Yvon Collection
Credit line	Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq.
Object history	Salting Bequest, formerly D'Yvon Collection. (sale catalogue Paris 30 May 1892, Lot 52) See Rackham, Bernard 'Italian Maiolica' Pl 23 (London: Faber & Faber, 1952).
Production	The leaf scroll on orange ground on this & 206 is very reminiscent of fragments in the Oliveriana library at Pesaro, probably excavated locally and made either in Pesaro or in its hinterland (eg Castel Durante or Urbino). J.V.G.Mallet Pesaro was not under the dominion of the Duchy of Urbino so it is unlikely that the vase was made there
Subjects depicted	Coat of Arms Eagles (Birds)
Bibliographic references	See object information file held in Ceramics & Glass Section office Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number	207 - Rackham (1977)
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	C.2122-1910

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Record created	July 16, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O161893/vase-unknown/

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