Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Dish

second half of 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of earthenware painted in brown with the portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi, an Italian military and political figure. Surrounded by a border which is filled with four figures, one holding a book inscribed 'ITALIA AB [LI]BERATA', one bears a trumpet, another has a map of Italy and the fourth grasps a serpent.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, painted
Brief description
Dish of earthenware painted in brown with the portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi, probably painted by Emile Aubert Lessore, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, Stoke-on-Trent, second half of 19th century
Physical description
Dish of earthenware painted in brown with the portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi, an Italian military and political figure. Surrounded by a border which is filled with four figures, one holding a book inscribed 'ITALIA AB [LI]BERATA', one bears a trumpet, another has a map of Italy and the fourth grasps a serpent.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 32.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'ITALIA AB [LI]BERATA' (Inscribed on the book on the border)
  • 'E L'
  • 'WEDGWOOD' (Impressed)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Dr A.G. Medwin
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
525-1894

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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