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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

1555 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of tin-glazed earthenware. Dark blue ground painted with trophies, chiefly musical instruments, in grisaille; reverse, dark blue ornaments on grey ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in enamels
Brief description
Plate, tin-glazed earthenware, painted in enamels, Italy (Padua), dated 1555
Physical description
Plate of tin-glazed earthenware. Dark blue ground painted with trophies, chiefly musical instruments, in grisaille; reverse, dark blue ornaments on grey ground.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 33cm
  • Height: 5.8cm
Object history
Purchase. Formerly Bernal Collection.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Tsoumis, Karine, Maiolica in Renaissance Venice: Ceramics and Luxury at the Crossroads.Munich: Hirmer Publishers, 2021 p.139
Collection
Accession number
1724-1855

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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