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

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
Dish Made in Paterna or Manises, Valencia, Spain about 1400-50 Tin-glazed earthenware C.51-1989(16/07/2008)
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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