Object details
Accession number
C15w6
Primary Creator
Italian
Full title
Basin
Creation Date
early 19th century
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
Marks
Inscribed (center of the plate): coat of arms (possibly those of the Orengo family, Ventimiglia)
Dimensions
50.8 cm (20 in.)
Display Media
Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware)
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Early Italian Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 103. (as Italian, early 19th century)
Ellenor Alcorn et al. The Best of the Decorative Arts. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum IV. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1992), pp. 34-35, ill. (as Italy, late 18th or early 19th century)
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