https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/17234/fullDish with grotesques and the arms of Archbishop Tomasso Contarini or Bishop Girolamo Contarinica.1597-1610Patanazzi WorkshopOverall: 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.)Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)Gift of George and Helen GardinerOrigin: Urbino, The Marches, ItalyG83.1.4051An Urbino plate with a central well and sloping rim. It is decorated with a coat-of-arms within borders of putti and grotesques. The arms are of Contarini of Venice, Tomasso Contarini, Archbishop of Crete, and Girolamo (Hiernoymus) Conatrini, bishop.Italian Maiolica14th to 18th Century European Earthenware and Stoneware[]European CeramicsItalian Earthenware - Maiolica183120598ItalianItalian Renaissance