MAKE A MEME View Large Image Italian - Vase with Crowned Heart - Walters 481513.jpg The ornamentation is typical of Italian tin-glazed earthenware or maiolica made in the town of Deruta in the early 16th century The motif of a heart topped with a coronet may allude to ...
View Original:Italian_-_Vase_with_Crowned_Heart_-_Walters_481513.jpg (1588x1800)
Download: Original    Medium    Small Thumb
Courtesy of:commons.wikimedia.org More Like This
Keywords: Italian - Vase with Crowned Heart - Walters 481513.jpg The ornamentation is typical of Italian tin-glazed earthenware or maiolica made in the town of Deruta in the early 16th century The motif of a heart topped with a coronet may allude to the vase's original role as a type of love token Italian earthenware had broad appeal and was exported in large numbers for use by the wealthy throughout Europe It took its departure from the earthenware made by Islamic craftsmen in Spain The name maiolica comes from the fact that the Spanish wares were sent from mainland first to the island of Majorca for export to the rest of Europe This vase once had a conical lid with a finial to allow for easy opening ca 1515 Early Modern maiolica tin glaze on earthenware cm 26 2 26 8 17 9 accession number 48 1513 4962 Galleria Sangiorgi Rome by purchase Henry Walters Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Deruta Italy Walters Art Museum license Italian Renaissance maiolica in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Love tokens Deruta maiolica
Terms of Use   Search of the Day