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Plaque

ca. 1560 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plaque, tin-glazed earthenware, depicting Cupid standing with flowers in both hands surrounded by intersecting strapwork.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Plaque, tin-glazed earthenware, made in Italy, about 1560.
Physical description
Plaque, tin-glazed earthenware, depicting Cupid standing with flowers in both hands surrounded by intersecting strapwork.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 31.5cm
Gallery label
(16/07/2008)
Plaque
Made in Italy about 1560
Tin-glazed earthenware

702-1897
Object history
Bought from Mons. Duseigneur, 3 Rue de l'Abbaye, Paris, for £11 18s 8d.
Production
G. Cora (see Bibl.ref.) suggests not Montelupo, possibly Deruta.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Cora, G. Compendiari toscani Faenza. 1960, XLVI, no. 5, 112 p. and 1961, XLVII, no.5, 112 p.
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
1033 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
702-1897

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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