Majolica coat of arms - Della Gherardesca - eagle and tree

Majolica coat of arms - Della Gherardesca - eagle and tree

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Hand made majolica coat of arms.
Tile replica of one of the many versions "Gherardesca" coat of arms.
Coat of arms hand-formed.

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Height 14.17 in 36 cm
Width 9.84 in 25 cm
Thickness 2.76 in 7 cm
Weight 33.07 lbs 15 Kg
Historical period 10th century - Tuscany, Lords of Volterra and feudal lords of the castle of Donoratico
Manufacturing Made in Italy
Material Sand stone

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They were affixed to the facades of the farmhouses with the coat of arms of the noble family of the farm. This tradition was in use since the mid-fourteenth century, typical especially of the famous Florentine artist family "Della Robbia".

The Gherardeschi or della Gherardesca were a family of the Republic of Pisa, dating back as early as the 11th century. They were one of the most prominent in Pisa by the middle of the 13th century. They were of Ghibelline sympathies and held the county of Donoratico.Constantine I of Gallura may have been a member of the family, ruling Gallura on behalf of the Archdiocese of Pisa.
The Gherardeschi had a rivalry with the House of Visconti, another Ghibelline family of Pisa. In 1237, the Archbishop and the Emperor Frederick II intervened in Pisa to reconcile the two rivals, but failed. In 1254, the citizenry rebelled and imposed twelve Anziani del Popolo ("Elders of the People") as their political representatives.
Early on in the century, the Gherardeschi took an interest in the affairs of Pisa in Sardinia. In 1230, Ubaldo of Gallura, a Visconti, invaded the Giudicato of Cagliari, but the Gherardeschi repulsed him in the name of Benedetta and the young William II. In 1258, they received a third of Cagliari after its dismemberment. Their third was the south-western third; in the 1272 circa the count Ugolino della Gherardesca founded in the Cixerri the important mining town of Villa di Chiesa, today Iglesias. A Gherardesca woman also married John Visconti, the Judge of Gallura, who had received the northeastern third of Cagliari. This marriage brought final reconciliation between the Visconti and Gherardeschi.
The Gherardeschi reached their height in Pisa in the person of Ugolino della Gherardesca in the 1270s and 1280s. He was forced to share power with his nephew Nino Visconti, but they soon quarrelled. The fed-up Pisans arrested Ugolino and deposed Nino from Gallura.
There is a Gherardesca Chapel in the church of Saint Francis in Pisa.


 


 

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