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

Jug

ca. 1470 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jug of tin-glazed earthenware, depicting a bird in a medallion and floral decoration.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Jug, probably made in Faenza, about 1470, tin-glazed earthenware.
Physical description
Jug of tin-glazed earthenware, depicting a bird in a medallion and floral decoration.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22cm
  • Diameter: 16.5cm
Gallery label
Jug ' ' depicting a bird in a medallion and floral decoration Probably made in Faenza about 1470 Tin-glazed earthenware C.61-1927 Bought from funds of the Bryan Bequest(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Bryan Bequest
Production
J.V.G. Mallet 29/2/2000
Faenza, about 1470.Handle restored.
Nothing similar in "Thesaurus di opere della Tradizione di Faenza".
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Cora, G. Storia della maiolica di Firenze e del contado: Secoli xiv e xv. Firenze, 1973. Nos.227-236.
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
99 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
C.61-1927

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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