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

Plate

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

Plate depicting a bust of a warrior with the name PROSPERO.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Brief description
Plate, bust of warrior with the name PROSPERO, probably painted by Nicola da Urbino, Castel Durante?, about 1525, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Plate depicting a bust of a warrior with the name PROSPERO.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 21cm
Gallery label
Plate Probably painted by Nicola da Urbino, Castel Durante?, Italy about 1525 Tin-glazed earthenware C.2216-1910 Salting Bequest(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq.
Production
See Rackham notes of 1960 where comparison is made to British Museum dish of LUTIO, dated 1524 (corpus I, 135)
Bibliographic reference
Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
558 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
C.2216-1910

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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