PLATE WITH WIDE CAVETTO AND FULL RIM

Diameter: 29,5 cm.
Majolica
Faenza, mid-15th century.
Provenance: acquisition (1935)
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. no. A. B. 4458.

At the center, the bust of a youth with a large cap inside a reserved zone with white background. The remaining space is taken up by moresque-style plant motifs unfurled in volutes and by rosettes. The rim contains a wide band with palmettes.