Cleveland Museum of Art

Faience Plate

Felice Clerici

Date

c. 1760

Medium

faience

Culture

Italy, 18th century

Department

Decorative Art and Design

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

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.

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