Plate
Guido Durantino (fl.1520 - 1576)
Category
Ceramics
Date
1535 - 1545
Materials
maiolica
Measurements
200 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Urbino
Order this imageCollection
Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1245727
Summary
Italian Maiolica. Small plate with deep centre and wide border, painted with Susannah and the Elders, the reverse inscribed 'Susana / e li viche'. Urbino (probably workshop of Guido Durantino); about 1535-1540. The attribution of this piece to the Urbino workshop of Guido Durantino rests on resemblance to certain pieces from the Montmorency and Cardinal Duprat services.
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 Charles Street chattels at Polesden Lacey, found in the Central Hall, page 96.
Marks and inscriptions
Sosana / e li viche (inscribed on reverse)
Makers and roles
Guido Durantino (fl.1520 - 1576)