Plate
1950-1960 (designed)
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Hard paste porcelain plate, without edge rim but with foot rim. Printed decoration of an astrolabe with a scroll at the top carrying the words: 'AD SCIENDUM AD QUAM REGIONEM ALIQUA TABULARUM ASTROLABII SIT', all in black. The background entirely gilt.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard paste porcelain with printed and gilded decoration |
| Brief description | Plate, hard paste porcelain with printed and gilded decoration, blank made by Hutschenreuter, designed by Piero Fornasetti, Italy, 1950-1960. |
| Physical description | Hard paste porcelain plate, without edge rim but with foot rim. Printed decoration of an astrolabe with a scroll at the top carrying the words: 'AD SCIENDUM AD QUAM REGIONEM ALIQUA TABULARUM ASTROLABII SIT', all in black. The background entirely gilt. |
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| Accession number | C.65-1985 |
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| Record created | October 20, 2008 |
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