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

Dish

ca. 1550 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of tin-glazed earthenware, maiolica. Painted with scroll foliage in blue on a pale blue ground. With a coat of arms in the centre, possibly those of Muglia of Venice.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Brief description
Dish of tin-glazed earthenware, maiolica, made in Padua, ca. 1550.
Physical description
Dish of tin-glazed earthenware, maiolica. Painted with scroll foliage in blue on a pale blue ground. With a coat of arms in the centre, possibly those of Muglia of Venice.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 27.3cm
  • Height: 4.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
A cross (Painted)
Gallery label
Dish Tin-glazed earthenware (Maiolica) ITALIAN, made in PADUA about 1550 The Arms possibly those of Muglia of Venice Painted mark: a cross 1750-1855 (Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995)
Object history
Purchase, formerly Bernal Collection.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Tsoumis, Karine, Maiolica in Renaissance Venice: Ceramics and Luxury at the Crossroads.Munich: Hirmer Publishers, 2021 p.55
Collection
Accession number
1750-1855

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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