Dish with the arms of the Paleologi and Anjou families
CultureItalian
OriginFaenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
PeriodItalian Renaissance
Dateca. 1520-1540
MediumTin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
DimensionsOverall: 4 x 24.5 cm (1 9/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
MarkingsNone
DescriptionFaenza broad-rimmed Tondino decorated in dark blue heightened in white on a berretino ground with a wide border of grotesque masks and leaf-scrolls. In the centre the coat-of-arms of Paleologi-Angio, in blue, ochre, green and yellow.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.352
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
Italian Earthenware - MaiolicaStatus
On view
Artist / Maker: Virgiliotto Calamelli
ca.1550
Object number: G83.1.355.1-2
Artist / Maker: Giacomo Mancini
ca.1530-1560 or later
Object number: G83.1.339
Artist / Maker: Patanazzi Workshop
ca.1597-1610
Object number: G83.1.405
Artist / Maker: Workshop of Piero Bergantini
c.1521
Object number: G26.3.432.1-2
Artist / Maker: Orazio Fontana
ca.1531-1544
Object number: G83.1.388
Artist / Maker: Giovanni Maria
ca.1505-1515
Object number: G83.1.323
Artist / Maker: Patanazzi Workshop
ca. 1585-1600
Object number: G83.1.404
Artist / Maker: Workshop of Piero Bergantini
1537
Object number: G83.1.351