Caldas Da Rainha Palissy Majolica wall plate which features figs and leaves. Colouration: brown, green, puce, are predominant. The piece bears marks which we cannot attribute to a particular source. Bears a pattern number, ’16’. Marks include a factory specific date cipher for the year 1900. Book reference not found.
Generally good. Chips to some of the branches. KILN EFFECTS: kiln detritus caught in the glaze to the interior; over glazed chips to the leaves; over glazed shrinkage cracks to the leaves and branches; stilt marks to the interior. RESTORATION: Filled chips to the rim and leaves. Remodelled section of branch and one leaf. Section of branch reglued and join retouched.
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