Duck
Category
Ceramics
Date
1530 - 1570
Materials
tin-glazed earthenware
Measurements
133 x 80 x 165 mm
Place of origin
Urbino
Order this imageCollection
Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1245530
Caption
A mid 16th century tin glazed or majolica figure of a duck produced from the clays around the artistically important city of Urbino in Italy. Part of the large collection of majolica at Polesden Lacey the home of Mrs Greville who as well as being a famous Edwardian hostess was a collector of Italian majolica.
Summary
Maiolica figure of a duck. School of Urbino; mid-sixteenth century. Painted in green, yellow, ochre, manganese, purple and black.
Provenance
The bequest of Margaret (Anderson) McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald - later Dame Margaret - Henry Fulke Greville, DBE (1863-1942) from probate records linked with the donation of the property to the National Trust in 1943. This item found on the record for Polesden Lacey Majolica stored in the basement, page 96.
References
The National Trust, 1895-1995, 100 great treasures :, 1995
