The collection

Plate with border of foliate scrollwork; in the center, shield of arms of Vigerio of Savona

Italian 16th Century · 1524

tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

Public domain

Plate with border of foliate scrollwork with dolphin heads and cornucopias; in the center, shield of arms of Vigerio of Savona

Italian 16th Century · 1524

tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

Public domain

Broad-rimmed bowl with border of dolphins and "delphigriffs"; in the center, head of a young man

Italian 16th Century · c. 1520/1530

tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

Public domain

Dovizia (Plenty)

Giovanni della Robbia · c. 1520–29

glazed terracotta

CC0

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Dovizia

Giovanni della Robbia · c. 1520

Glazed terracotta, polychromed

CC0

Shallow bowl with Hercules overcoming Antaeus

Italian 16th Century · 1520

tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

Public domain

Large dish with segmental border of plant sprays and scale pattern; in the center, a profile bust of a woman in a winged headdress

Italian 16th Century · c. 1515/1540

tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

Public domain

Small flat plate with border of cornucopias, scrollwork, and lozenges in four sections; in the center, a bust of Saint Paul with raised sword

Italian 16th Century · probably c. 1515/1525

tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

Public domain

Large dish with plant-pattern border; in the center, the arms of a Medici pope

Italian 16th Century · 1513 or later - probably not after 1534

tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

Public domain

Large dish with scale border; in the center, an imperial Roman figure and the letter N crowned

Italian 16th Century · c. 1510/1540

tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

Public domain

Plate with border of grotesques on an orange ground and three shields of the arms of the Gritti of Venice; in the center, putti holding another shield of the same arms

Italian 16th Century · probably c. 1510/1525

tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

Public domain

Large dish with border of floral scrollwork and cornucopias; in the center, profile bust of "Faustina"

Italian 16th Century · c. 1510/1535

tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

Public domain

Plate with border of putti and trophies amid grotesques; in the center, a winged putto standing, armed, in a landscape

Italian 16th Century · c. 1510/1520

tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

Public domain

Large dish with segmental border of plant sprays and scale pattern; in the center, an emblematic female figure holding a crowned toad and cornucopia

Italian 16th Century · c. 1510/1540

tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

Public domain

Plate with border of grotesques on an orange ground; in the center, Narcissus gazing at his reflection in a fountain

Sienese 16th Century · c. 1510/1520

tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

Public domain

Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints Francis and Giovanni Gualberto

Benedetto Buglioni · c. 1510–20

glazed terracotta

CC0

A Man in Armor

Vincenzo Onofri · c. 1500

painted and gilded terracotta

Public domain

Large dish with scale border; in the center, the Madonna and Child

Italian 16th Century · c. 1500/1535

tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

Public domain

Large dish with running plant border; in the center, horsemen fighting

Italian 16th Century · c. 1500/1520

tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

Public domain

Christ and the Samaritan Woman at the Well

Giovanni della Robbia · c. 1500–1530

polychromed terracotta

CC0

2 shows

Deep bowl with "Persian palmette" ornament; in the center, a profile bust of a young man wearing a wreath

Italian 16th Century · c. 1490/1500

tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

Public domain

Plate with border of rounded hills within pointed arches with flowers between them; in the center, a wading bird between stylized plants

Italian 16th Century · c. 1490/1525

tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

Public domain

Plate with running plant border and geometric panels on well; in the center, profile bust of a man in armor

Italian 16th Century · probably c. 1490/1520

tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

Public domain