This auction is for an outstanding Set of 4 pcs Deruta scallop edges SALAD-DESSERT plates in one of the finest Raffaellesco Deruta available,please note the fine details and the richest of color. It is completely made and painted by hand by Mastro Carla in Deruta. When I say made by hand I mean that each piece is not just hand painted but it is individually hand crafted.

RAFFAELLESCO:

Deruta, Faenza and Florence all have a special Raffaellesco interpretation

in their majolica tradition. The name comes from Raphael, one of the great

artists of the Italian Renaissance. The dragon represent a benevolent power

who helps discovery and protects from adversaries and it is one of the

grotesque motifs created by Raphael and his school when commissioned by the Pope to paint the Vatican