Dish

ca. 1400-1450 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Three spur marks. A quarter of the dish has been restored, but mainly in the outlying areas. Ray (2000).

Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Dish, made in Paterna or Manises, Spain, about 1400-50, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Three spur marks. A quarter of the dish has been restored, but mainly in the outlying areas. Ray (2000).
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.6cm
  • Diameter: 25.2cm
Gallery label
(16/07/2008)
Dish
Made in Paterna or Manises, Valencia, Spain about 1400-50
Tin-glazed earthenware

C.51-1989
Object history
This kind of bird, perhaps intended to be an eagle, was clearly one of the standard motifs on the popular types of Paterna and Manises ware made over a long period in the fifteenth century, both in monochrome blue and in lustre. Ray (2000).
Bibliographic reference
Ray, Anthony. Spanish Pottery 1248-1898 : with a catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum London, V&A Publications, 2000
Other number
97 - Spanish pottery, Ray (2000)
Collection
Accession number
C.51-1989

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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