Castel Duranten.
/ˌkastɛl duːˈranteɪ/ Used to designate a kind of tin-glazed ware of which the finest examples were produced in the 16th cent.
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Raphael ware1785
Della Robbia1805
majolica1820
maiolica1831
mezza-maiolica1850
terraglia1850
Faenza1856
Castel Durante1857
tondino1885
1857 J. Marryat Hist. Pottery & Porcelain (ed. 2) iv. 58 The manufacture of Castel Durante..flourished under Duke Francesco Maria II (1574 to 1631).
1857 J. Marryat Hist. Pottery & Porcelain (ed. 2) iv. 58 The characteristics of the Castel Durante majolica are very uniform.
1951 ‘M. Innes’ Operation Pax iii. iii. 91 The Castel Durante dishes that were a relic of her childhood in Rome.
1962 3rd Internat. Art Treasures Exhib. (Victoria & Albert Mus.) 76/1 A Castel Durante plate by Giovanni Maria, with sunk centre, painted with a seated putto within a narrow white border.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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