Add to albumThis maiolica dish was made in 1872 at the Castellani Workshop in Rome in Italy.
The dish is painted in polychrome with a griffin bearing a shield, surrounded by scrolling foliage and lines, floral terminals and feather-shaped motifs. The Griffin bears a shield monogrammed 'TC' (for Torquato Castellani) and the underside of the dish is inscribed 'Rome' and '1872'.
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- Online ID: 000-190-004-466-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
National Museums Scotland
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland A.1874.2.3
- Date: 1872
- Material: Earthenware. Inscription: TC; Rome; 1872
- Dimensions: 60 mm H x 381 mm D
- What:
- Subject: Ceramics : earthenware : Italy : Miscellaneous
- Who: Torquato Castellani Workshop, Rome (Maker)
- Where: Italy, Rome
- Event:
- Description: Maiolica dish painted in polychrome with a griffin bearing a shield, surrounded by scrolling foliage and lines, floral terminals and feather-shaped motifs: Italian, Rome, Castellani Workshop, 1872
- References:
- Curnow, Celia, Italian Maiolica in the National Museums of Scotland. Edinburgh: NMS, 1992
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