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Votive plaque, earthenware, tin-glazed, from Deruta, Italian, 1698
These painted plaques are known as ‘ex votos’, meaning ‘from a vow’ in Latin. Left in a church in gratitude for answered prayers, each one tells
a story of a cure or delivery from disaster through the intervention of the Virgin Mary or another Christian saint.
Ex votos can take various forms. This colourful glazed pottery example, known as majolica, is from Deruta in Italy, a town renowned for its
ceramics since the 1400s. It depicts a woman with a diseased or injured leg, being attended by another woman. The letters P.G.R. stand for Per Grazia Ricevuta (By Grace Received).
Details
- Category:
- Medical Ceramic-ware
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A639846
- Materials:
- earthenware (tin-glazed)
- Measurements:
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overall: 253 mm x 328 mm x 40 mm, 3.04 kg
- type:
- votive plaques
