GOBLET WITH WIDE FLATTENED OUT RIM

Diameter, 28,6 cm.
Majolica («berettino» style).
Faenza, first half of the 16th century.
Found in: excavation (1962).
Condition: fragmentary, and extensively repaired with antiquarian-type restoration.
The term «antiquarian-type» restoration here is used to indicate a conservative kind of operation tending to completely repair the object, and replace any missing pieces, so that it is once again whole. The repairs are then covered over by a paint retouch job which must so resemble the decoration and colors of the original as to render the restored portion indistinguishable from the original.
Inv. n. 14790.

At the center is a display of ribbon entwined, and on the rim, a rich festoon of leaves and fruits.