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On display
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Plate

ca. 1688-1710 (made)
Artist/Maker
Workshop of Giuseppe Rampini (made)
Unknown
Place of origin
Pavia (made)

Plate without foot rim depicting a landscape which covers the whole surface. On the back, in purple, five leafy sprigs and mark.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Maiolica
Object type
Plate
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Painted
Glazed
Brief description
Plate of tin-glazed earthenware, depicting ruins and a landscape with two men, Italy (Pavia), probably made in the workshop of Giuseppe Rampini, ca. 1688-1710
Physical description
Plate without foot rim depicting a landscape which covers the whole surface. On the back, in purple, five leafy sprigs and mark.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 26cm
Marks and inscriptions
'AF' in monogram, surmounted by a Maltese cross under a crown between two palm branches, in brown.
Gallery label
(16/07/2008)
Plate depicting ruins
Made in Venice, ItalyBassano about 1710-20
Tin-glazed earthenware

4724-1901 Jermyn Street Collection
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Jermyn Street Collection.
Production
Similar in style and subject to two plates in the Bristish Museum, one of which is marked for the workshop of Giuseppe Rampini. See references
Subject depicted
Ruins
Bibliographic references
  • Baroni, C., La disputa dei latesini nella storia della ceramica italiana. Dedalo. 1993, XIII. 147 p.
  • Bavioli, G. Ceramiche antiche di Bassano, Delle Nore e di Vicenza. Venice, 1954. Catalogue of the exhibition at the Museo Civico di Bassano.
  • Drake, W. R. Notes on Venetian Ceramics. London, 1868.
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
  • Thornton, D. and Wilson, T., Italian Renaissance Ceramics: A Catalogue of the British Museum, London 2009, vol II, pp. 351-352, cat. 351-352. Two plates in the British Museum, of similar style and subject, one of which is marked for the workshop of Giuseppe Rampini.
  • LA MAIOLICA DI PAVIA TRA SEICENTO E SETTECENTO - CATALOGO DELLA RACCOLTA DEL CASTELLO SFORZESCO PELIZZONI, Elena and FORNI, Marica, catalogue by NEPOTI, Sergio Published by Milano, Amici del Museo e della Scuola d'Arte Applicata del Castello Sforzesco di Milano, 1997
Other number
1199 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
4724-1901

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
Record URL
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