1. Cantagalli plate

Richly decorated majolica parade plate. At its centre, within a circular reserve, is the mythological passage of the Judgment of Paris with the awarding of the apple; from it four other circular reserves branch off at the cardinal points with human figures painted in grisaille. The brim, the bottom and every other decorative element of the plate is decorated with Raffaellesque alternating polychromy with monochromatic solutions.
Manufacture: Cantagalli
Florence, late 19th-early 20th century
Dimensions: 50 cm