Dish

This maiolica dish was made in the early 17th century in Liguria or Venice in Italy.

The dish is painted in blue, purple and yellow with two putti supporting a coat-of-arms in a ground of arabesques of foliage and fruit.

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• Online ID: 000-190-004-677-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  A.1956.1481
• Date: Early 17th century
  
• Material: Earthenware
  
• Dimensions: 42 mm H x 450 mm D
  
• What:
• Subject: Ceramics : earthenware : Italy : Miscellaneous
  
• Who:
• Where: Italy, Liguria / Venice
  
• Event:
• Description: Maiolica dish painted in blue, purple and yellow with two putti supporting a coat-of-arms in a ground of arabesques of foliage and fruit: Italian, possibly Liguria or Venice, early 17th century
  
• References:
  • Curnow, Celia, Italian Maiolica in the National Museums of Scotland. Edinburgh: NMS, 1992 
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