HUTTERITE PLATE WITH CARPENTER`S GUILD SYMBOLS

Western Slovakia or Moravia, 1702
A semi-deep plate with a bowl-shaped base and a wide, diagonally raised rim. White-glazed faience, painted decoration in high-fire colours with manganese drawing: in the centre a green wreath with carpenter`s guild symbols (axe and adze) and the inscription "ANNO 1702", on the rim a band of alternating flowers and leaf motifs. Diameter 30,2 cm. Condition restored. Glued; fitted with a mounting for hanging.