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This maiolica dish was made at Urbino in Italy between 1590 and 1610.

The dish is decorated in polychrome with grotesques in compartments and with Mercury in the centre.

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• Online ID: 000-190-004-690-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  A.510.14
• Date: 1590 - 1610
  Between 1590 and 1610
  
• Material: Earthenware
  
• Dimensions: 59 mm H x 440 mm D
  
• What:
• Subject: Ceramics : earthenware : Italy : Urbino
  
• Who: Auguste Ricard de Montferrand Collection (Previous owner)
  Mercury (Depicted)
  
• Where: Italy, Urbino
  
• Event:
• Description: Maiolica dish decorated in polychrome with grotesques in compartments and with Mercury in the centre: Italian, Urbino, 1590 - 1610
  
• References:
  • Curnow, Celia, Italian Maiolica in the National Museums of Scotland. Edinburgh: NMS, 1992 
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