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

Dish

second half of 17th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue. Painted in the middle with a circular medallion containing a spray of leaves and surrounded by a band of circular devices with scrolling stems and leaves between them, and by an outer border of fruit and leaves with small stars in the interspaces. Round the rim is a border of insects within fruit-shaped devices.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue
Brief description
Dish of tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, Delft, second half of 17th century.
Physical description
Dish of tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue. Painted in the middle with a circular medallion containing a spray of leaves and surrounded by a band of circular devices with scrolling stems and leaves between them, and by an outer border of fruit and leaves with small stars in the interspaces. Round the rim is a border of insects within fruit-shaped devices.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 30.1cm
  • Height: 5cm
  • Weight: 640g
measured feb 2010
Credit line
Given by Señora Riaño
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
353-1876

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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