Dish
ca. 1650-1675 (made)
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The dish is decorated with a decorative coat of arms, formerly identified as belonging to the Silvas family. The shield bears a lion rampant and is surmounted by a helmet crest with scrolled mantling. The rim is decorated with pairs of fruit alternating wth leaves and spirals. Underneath are small scrolled stems.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Dish with coat of arms in dark blue outlined in dark manganese purple, made in Lisbon, Portugal, about 1650-75, tin-glazed earthenware |
| Physical description | The dish is decorated with a decorative coat of arms, formerly identified as belonging to the Silvas family. The shield bears a lion rampant and is surmounted by a helmet crest with scrolled mantling. The rim is decorated with pairs of fruit alternating wth leaves and spirals. Underneath are small scrolled stems. |
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| Gallery label | Dish
Made in Lisbon, Portugal about 1650-75
Tin-glazed earthenware
C.60-1910 Formerly Oswald Crawfurd Collection
The dish is decorated with the coat of arms of the Silvas family.(16/07/2008) |
| Object history | Formerly in the collection of Oswald Crawfurd, C.M.G., H.B.M., Consul at Oporto. Exhibited at the Museum on loan between 1888 and 1897. Purchased for £5.5s from his sale at Christies (lot 221). |
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| Accession number | C.60-1910 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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