Dish
1900 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Dish decorated in bands with foliate scrolls, flowers, urns, dragons, putti on lions, wolves, laurel bands and paterae. In the centre is a coat of arms flanked by female figures with a winged cherub head beneath. Decoration is in dark blue, orange, green, white and ochre. Dish marked with the manufacturing firm's singing cock.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours |
| Brief description | Dish, Figli di Giuseppe Cantagalli of Florence, Italy, 1900 |
| Physical description | Dish decorated in bands with foliate scrolls, flowers, urns, dragons, putti on lions, wolves, laurel bands and paterae. In the centre is a coat of arms flanked by female figures with a winged cherub head beneath. Decoration is in dark blue, orange, green, white and ochre. Dish marked with the manufacturing firm's singing cock. |
| Object history | Historical significance: In 1878 Ulisse Cantagalli inherited a factory in Florence and began to trade as Manifattura Figli di Giuseppe Cantagalli. His main production was of copies of Italian maiolica, but also of other European and Middle Eastern ceramics. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1593-1900 |
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| Record created | June 16, 2000 |
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