Vase
ca. 1570 (made)
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A banquet proclaimed a host’s wealth. Across Europe, this was partly achieved by displaying valuable silver, glass or ceramics - like this splendid earthenware vase on a makeshift, stepped structure. In Italy, this was called a ‘credenza’ (meaning ‘trust’,a reference to the practice of testing food for poison), while in France and England it was a ‘buffet’. Sometimes food and functional objects were included on the bottom tier. Once dinner was over, the shelves were dismantled and the valuables locked away.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Vase with two handles in the form of two bound snakes with satyr's mask in relief, made in Urbino, Italy, about 1570, tin-glazed earthenware |
| Physical description | Vases with two handles in the form of two snakes tied together with a grotesque satyrs mask applied in relief below. Around the body is painted Jupiter disguised as a satyr presented by Cupid to Antiope, and Cyparissus being changed into a cypress-tree by Apollo, who sits with the stag killed by Cyparissus beside him while three peasants approach |
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| Gallery label | Vase
Made in Urbino, Italy about 1570
Tin-glazed earthenware
4697-1858(16/07/2008) |
| Summary | A banquet proclaimed a host’s wealth. Across Europe, this was partly achieved by displaying valuable silver, glass or ceramics - like this splendid earthenware vase on a makeshift, stepped structure. In Italy, this was called a ‘credenza’ (meaning ‘trust’,a reference to the practice of testing food for poison), while in France and England it was a ‘buffet’. Sometimes food and functional objects were included on the bottom tier. Once dinner was over, the shelves were dismantled and the valuables locked away. |
| Bibliographic reference | Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977 |
| Other number | 834 - Rackham (1977) |
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| Accession number | 4697-1858 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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