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

Footed Dish

ca. 1545 (made)
Artist/Maker
Painter of the Coalmine Service (painter (artist))
Place of origin
Urbino (made)

Dish on low foot depicting Hercules and the Cretan bull. The foot is damaged.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Maiolica
Object type
Footed dish
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Earthenware
Tin Glaze
Glazed
Painted
Brief description
Dish on low foot depicting Hercules and the Cretan bull, probably painted by "the painter of the Coal-Mine Service", Urbino, about 1545, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Dish on low foot depicting Hercules and the Cretan bull. The foot is damaged.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 23.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Urbi' (on back)
    Translation
    Urbino
  • 'Herchole' (On the back)
    Translation
    Hercules
Gallery label
Dish on low foot depicting Hercules and the Cretan bull Probably painted by "the painter of the Coal-Mine Service", Urbino, Italy about 1545 Inscription: 'Herchole' and 'Urbi', for Urbino, painted in blue Tin-glazed earthenware C.2264-1910 Salting Bequest The style of painting is similar to that on the so called 'Coal-Mine dish' in Toronto, which is marked and dated: "Urbin 1546".(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq.
Object history
The style of painting is similar to that on the so called 'Coal-Mine dish' in Toronto, which is marked and dated: "Urbin 1546".
Production
John Mallet 29/6/2000 attributes this dish to "The painter of the Coal-Mine Dish". The Coal-Mine dish (in Toronto) is dated 1546 in Urbino.
Subjects depicted
Hercules
Labours of Hercules
Bibliographic references
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian maiolica. London : H.M.S.O., 1977.
  • Mallet, John. The painter of the Coal -Mine Dish. In: T. Wilson, ed. Italian Renaissance Pottery. London, 1991. pp.66-67.
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
871 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.2264-1910

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
Record URL
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