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Unknown Maker, Italian

Plate,

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Italian

Title

Plate

Medium

majolica, tin-glazed earthenware

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Earthenware with tin glaze and enamels

Techniques

  • Earthenware with tin glaze and enamels

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"

Place

Place Made: Urbino; Place Made: Italy

Type

  • Ceramics

Credit

Bequest of Susan Martin Allien

Object Number

35.703

Plate

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"

Place Made: Urbino; Place Made: Italy

Publications

As Is Painting, So Is Poetry

Myth and Metamorphosis in the RISD Gallery
Read Online

Exhibition History

European Galleries

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