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1559 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate depicting a bust of a man with the name FRANCESCO D'LORENZO.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Brief description
Dish on low foot (coppa) depicting bust of man with name FRANCESCO D'LORENZO, made in Marches, dated 1559, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Plate depicting a bust of a man with the name FRANCESCO D'LORENZO.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 25.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'FRANCESCO D'LOREZO'

  • 'M A'

    Note
    On reverse.

Gallery label
(16/07/2008)
Dish depicting the bust of a man
Made in Marches dated 1559
Inscription: 'FRANCESCO D'LOREZO'
Mark: M A on the reverse
Tin-glazed earthenware

C.2220-1910 Salting Bequest
Credit line
Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq.
Production
J Mallet 03-11-2003

Small figure of a young man holding flowers painted on the back. Glaze slightly flaking on the back, crack underglaze, possibly bad firing. The yellow pigment on the rim has partly flaked off.
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
592 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
C.2220-1910

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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