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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Plate

ca. 1530 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate depicting grotesque design with a winged monster with a woman's head, possibly made in Deruta, about 1530, tin-glazed earthenware

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Plate depicting grotesque design with a winged monster with a woman's head, possibly made in Deruta, about 1530, tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 23cm
Marks and inscriptions
'S.P.Q.R.' (Painted in Roman script on a cartouche.)
Gallery label
Plate depicting grotesque design with a winged monster with a woman's head Possibly made in Deruta, Italy About 1530 Cartouche inscribed S.P.Q.R. Tin-glazed earthenware 8919-1863 Soulages Collection(16/07/2008)
Object history
Purchase: Soulages Collection.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian maiolica. London : H.M.S.O., 1977.
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
787 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
8919-1863

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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