St. Clement Majolica Fruit Plates Set - Circa 1900
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Three St. Clement Majolica fruit plates, circa 1900 the set of 3 dessert plates, each decorated with barbotine-moulded fruiting peach, cherry and raspberry branches, in soft polychrome glazes upon intaglio cream ground, each with brown 'St Clement' stamp to the underside. Diameter 21 cm
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- Intaglio - A term used to define a method of decoration most common in glassmaking and jewellery which involves engraving, carving or moulding an image into the background, leaving an impression, and leaving the top surface of the item flat, the opposite to relief carving, and also know as counter-relief.
- Polychrome - Made or finished in many colours. For furniture, it is used to indicated a painted finish.
- Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
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