Plate with Shield Showing the Lamb of God

Description The three small marks on the surface of this plate come from the firing process: to maximize space in the kiln, some wares were placed on supports that left blemishes where they came into contact with the plate. This plate was most likely a relatively inexpensive commission; otherwise, the artist would not have allowed the supports to mar the plate. The shield is probably the device of a religious organization.

Provenance Spitzer Collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [no. 1050 as Faenza]; H. Wencke, Hamburg [date and mode of acquisition unknown] (?); Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1908, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1908