Faenza, Casa Pirota or Bergantini workshop circa 1525

Berettino" blue-ground dish
Tondo: Spada family coat of arms
Earthenware
Diameter: 24.2 cm (Restorations)
Provenance: Perlès Collection, Paris

Bibliography: Cf. Collection Gillet, Musée des arts décoratifs de Lyon, reproduced in Carola Fiocco, Gabriella Gerardo, Liliane Sfeir-Fakhri, Majoliques italiennes du musée des arts décoratifs de Lyon, Collection Gillet, n. 14, p. 34, ed. Faton, Dijon 2001
A very similar pair dated 1521 at Farsetti Arte, March 27, 2010, lot 422
Another example in a private collection in Paris.

The Spada family's distinctive coat of arms, set directly on the blue "berrettino" background typical of Faenza, links our example to the famous Roman family, whose palace is one of the jewels of the Eternal City. This service must have been of some importance, given the number of surviving examples.