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

Pilgrim Bottle

ca. 1550-60 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pilgrim-bottle with two handles moulded in the form of a satyr's mask and cover.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Bottle
  • Stopper
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Brief description
Pilgrim bottle and cover with two satyr's mask handles, depicts Venus and Mars and Diana, probably Fontana workshops, Urbino, about 1550, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Pilgrim-bottle with two handles moulded in the form of a satyr's mask and cover.
Dimensions
  • Height: 35.5cm
  • Width: 22cm
Gallery label
Pilgrim bottle depicting Venus and Mars and Diana Probably made at Fontana workshops, Urbino, Italy about 1550 Tin-glazed earthenware C.2298&A-1910 Salting Bequest The original stopper is missing. The metals mounts and stopper are a later additions.(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq.
Production
John Mallet 29/6/2000.
The original stopper is missing. The metals mounts and stopper are later additions.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
829 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
C.2298&A-1910

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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