Faience Plate

Description

The use of colored ground with the irregularly shaped reserve panels with figural decorations reflects the influence of other European ceramics, particularly Meissen porcelain. The decorations of this plate are charmingly naive and demonstrate the efforts of Italian ceramic makers to keep abreast of current fashions in the field.

Provenance

R. Thornton Wilson, New York.

Faience Plate

Felice Clerici

c. 1760

Accession Number

1949.175

Medium

faience

Dimensions

Diameter: 23.8 cm (9 3/8 in.)

Classification

Ceramic

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Gift of R. Thornton Wilson in memory of his wife, Florence Ellsworth Wilson