Antique 19th Century Pair Early Cantagalli Majolica Istoriato Plates Italy 1880 Sold Bigelow was born on a

Bigelow was born on a farm in Peru

it is one of only one

25" diameter

cream and pink

the statue is mounted on a bronze stand

Antique 19th Century Pair Early Cantagalli Majolica Istoriato Plates Italy 1880 Sold Bigelow was born on aA fine and early pair of antique Italian Cantagalli maiolica (majolica) hand painted Istoriato plates, Florence, Italy, circa 1880. This very fine pair of plates decorated in the Istoriato style, first popularized in the Italian Renaissance of the early 1500s. Each plate with a scalloped rim, and each finely hand painted with putti in landscape scenes. One with a putto playing a drum with a cityscape to the background, the other with a winged putto