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Plate

ca. 1510 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish, tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue and with red and gold lstre, painted with clasping hands with a heart pierced with three arrows above, and a fire below.
Two holes for suspension pierced through the foot before firing

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware; the back is covered with a yellow lead glazed only; the foot is left unglazed
Brief description
Plate, tin-glazed earthenware with lustre decoration with clasping hands ('Fede' motif) within an ornamental border; made at Gubbio or possibly Deruta; Italy, ca. 1510
Physical description
Dish, tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue and with red and gold lstre, painted with clasping hands with a heart pierced with three arrows above, and a fire below.
Two holes for suspension pierced through the foot before firing
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 29cm (Note: conversion from inches)
  • Height: 5cm
Credit line
Soulages Collection
Object history
Soulages Collection
Bibliographic reference
Ajmar-Wollheim, Marta and Flora Dennis, At Home in Renaissance Italy, London: V&A Publishing, 2006.
Other number
440 - Rackham (1940)
Collection
Accession number
8900-1863

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Record createdJune 8, 2006
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