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

Dish

1640-1650 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Nevers (made)

Dish depicting Hercules and the Hydra


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Object type
Dish
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Brief description
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue with a scene of Hercules and the Hydra. Made in Nevers about 1640-50.
Physical description
Dish depicting Hercules and the Hydra
Dimensions
  • From register diameter: 46.7cm
  • Height: 6.5cm
  • Weight: 3.050kg
Marks and inscriptions
(No mark)
Object history
The decoration is perhaps derived from Goltzius "The great Hercules" (Hollstein, VIII, p. 32, Hirschmann)
Subjects depicted
Hercules
Hydra
Bibliographic references
  • Chompret, Joseph, Répertoire de la faïence française, II,
  • Lane, Arthur, French Faience, London: Farber & Farber, 1948
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.55-1962

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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