Plate Depicting Virgil's Tomb (Tomba di Virgilio), from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute")
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1810–1820
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735
label: Probably
content: Ferdinando Ammannati, Italian, before 1781 – after 1823
label: Probably
content: Giovan Battista Fanciullacci, Italian, 1745 – 1825
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Plate with blue and gold border. At center of well, depiction of two figures in Roman ruins landscape with sea in background. On base: "Tomba di Virgilio." (Virgil's Tomb).
place: label: manufactured in
content: Doccia, Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-57-450-c
objectType: label: Type
content: ceramics
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: plate
label: Type
content: plate
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam.: 2.5 x 24 cm (1 x 9 7/16 in.)