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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. 1530-1540 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl on low foot, tin-glazed earthenware pianted in colours, depicting a female portrait with the word "MARGARITA" inscribed on a dark blue background. The reverse is plain. Painted in blue, green, orange, manganese purple, yellow and black.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted with colours
Brief description
Bowl on low foot, tin-glazed earthenware, Italy, Castel Durante or Urbino, ca. 1530
Physical description
Bowl on low foot, tin-glazed earthenware pianted in colours, depicting a female portrait with the word "MARGARITA" inscribed on a dark blue background. The reverse is plain. Painted in blue, green, orange, manganese purple, yellow and black.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 20.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
MARGARITA
Object history
Provenance: Bernal Collection, Bernal sale catalogue, no. 1790
Transferred to Circulation 10th February 1909
Bibliographic reference
Elisa Sani, Not in Rackham - 'Italian Renaissance maiolica in the Victoria and Albert Museum – Part 1', in: Keramos 210 (2010), pp. 1-30, cat. 24
Collection
Accession number
1691-1855

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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