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RISDM 35-703.tif
  • RISDM 35-703.tif

Unknown Maker, Italian

Plate
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Description

Maker

Unknown Maker, Italian

Culture

Italian

Title

Plate

Year

ca. 1540-1550

Medium

  • Earthenware with tin glaze and enamels

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Earthenware with tin glaze and enamels

Materials

majolica, tin-glazed earthenware

Geography

Place Made: Urbino; Place Made: Italy

Dimensions

Diameter: 27 cm (10 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Scratched rather crudely on back, within the footring, presumably after the second firing: APOL../[?]POA. DA / PV[?]B[?]. On recto, the conjoined letters "HH" painted in glaze just to the left of the tree trunk at center and in the grass at lower left of center.

Label: An old paper label on the back inscribed in pencil "Urbino/middle of the XVI c./design after Ra(ph?)el"

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Susan Martin Allien

Object Number

35.703

Type

  • Ceramics

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Unknown Maker, Italian
Plate, ca. 1540-1550
Earthenware with tin glaze and enamels
Diameter: 27 cm (10 5/8 inches)
Bequest of Susan Martin Allien 35.703

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