Probably Émile Gavet [1830-1904], Paris.[1] Richard Zschille [1847-1903], Leipzig; (his sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 23 June 1899, no. 92, repro.)[2] (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, Paris, and New York); purchased by Peter A. B. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from the Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, 1942. [1] Darcel, Alfred, "Le moyen âge et la renaissance au Trocadéro, XIV. Les faïences italiennes," _GBA_, 2d ser., 18 (1878): 977, mentions as exhibited by Gavet at the 1878 Exposition Universelle "une assiette à larges bords representant un Amour offrant une palme à une femme" marked _M G_ [with superscript o's after both letters] and dated 1525, which must be this piece; it does not appear in the 1889 catalogue of the Gavet collection by Emile Molinier, or in the catalogue of the Gavet sale in Paris, 31 May-9 June 1897, so it had presumably been sold previously. [2] _Catalogue of the Italian majolica...of Herr Richard Zchille_, London, 1899: no. 92, repro., as Gubbio, workshop of Maestro Giorgio. The name of the purchaser at the Zschille sale is given in the marked catalogue in the Christie's archive as "Müller."