very elaborate Cafaggiolo plate in the Victoria and Albert
Museum, London, with the arms of the Gonzaga of Man
tua and signed / chafagguolo on the reverse (fig. 19c).^14Notes- Inv. C.4-1960; Poole 1997, 42-43, no. 16; Poole 1995, 132-33, no.
190; Cora and Fanfani 1982, no. 43; Bellini and Conti 1964, 75. - Inv. 21224; Ravanelli Guidotti 1990, 113, figs. 68c-d; Bojani,
Ravanelli Guidotti, and Fanfani 1985, no. 389; Cora and Fanfani
1982 , no. 44. - Inv. 24921; Ravanelli Guidotti 1990, 96, 112-14, no. 68,- Cora
and Fanfani 1982, no. 51; Bellini and Conti 1964, 75; Liverani i960,
fig. 13 • - Inv. 483; Bargello 1987; Conti 1971A, no. 483; Cora and Fanfani 1982,
no. 53; Liverani 1980, no. 42. - Inv. 484,- Bargello 1987, no. 2; Conti 1971A, no. 484; Cora and Fanfani
1982 , no. 58. - Cora and Fanfani (1982, no. 60) mistakenly describe it as in storage at
the Museo Nazionale, Palazzo del Bargello, Florence. - Mallet 1998, 148-49, 254-55, no. 22; Trinity 1992, no. 4.
- Sale cat., Christie's, London, April 12, 1976, lot 175.
- Alinari 1990, 134-39; Cora and Fanfani 1982, 16-20. In summer
199 9 an excavation campaign at the Villa of Cafaggiolo began, spon
sored by Earthwatch Institute, which supplied volunteers and the major
ity of funding; the University of Florence, which supplied the
archeological team; the Comune of Barberino; and others, including the
four owners of the villa. The goals were to determine the range and
types of pottery produced there and the exact location of the kilns and
waster dump sites as well as to better understand the chronology of pro
duction and the relationship of the maiolica produced at Cafaggiolo and
nearby Montelupo and Gagliano. The original plan was developed by
maiolica historian Alessandro Alinari and has been carried out with the
assistance of many other experts, including Guido Vannini, Anna Moore
Valeri, Tommaso Zoppi, and Michael Brody. Although most of the exca
vating has been completed, the project continues, now involved in cata
loguing, analyzing, and, hopefully, publishing the results. - Cora and Fanfani 1982, nos. 1-7, 14-17, 20-22, 27-28, 31-32, 34,
38-39, 45, 47, 57, 61, 65, 73, 75-76, 87-88, 90-91/ 93/ 99-100,
102-3, 109, 112, 114, 117, 129-30, 132-34, 136-39, 141-42. - Alinari 1990, 139.
- Cora and Fanfani 1982, no. 50; Rackham 1940, 1 and 2: no. 306.
- Cora and Fanfani 1982, no. 47.
- Cora and Fanfani 1982, no. 72; Rackham 1940: no. 339. Apparently
these plates were popular among the Florentine upper classes since a
number of similar pieces display the arms of Florentine families, includ
ing Pazzi, Gaddi, Altoviti, Buonarroti, Tornabuoni, Salviati, Ridolfi,
Strozzi, and, most noteworthy, Medici (Cora and Fanfani 1982, nos. 14,
17 , 27, 29, 35, 79, 99, 102, 112, 117, 123, 132,- sale cat., Finarte,
Milan, November 21-22, 1963, no. 45, pi. 27; sale cat., Drouot, Paul
Renaud, Paris, April 6, 2001, lot 5 3).
19D Dish with an aquatic animal. Cafaggiolo, early sixteenth century. Tin-
glazed earthenware, Diam: 24.5 cm [g^5 A in.). Florence, Museo Nazionale
del Bargello, inv. 483.Blue and White Dish III