(2 Pc) Majolica Tin-Glazed Earthenware Plates

(2 Pc) Majolica Tin-Glazed Earthenware Plates
20th century, Mexican
Artist/Designer/Manufacturer: Gorky González Pottery Workshop; Unknown

Marking(s); notes: Traditional Majolica / Mayolica style; Sicilian Caltagirone and Mexican Talavera influences

Materials: tin-glazed earthenware

Cataloger Note: Two-piece collection of hand-painted Majolica pottery featuring Mediterranean and Mexican folk-art motifs. (1) Majolica earthenware piece decorated in the Sicilian Caltagirone or Mexican Talavera tradition with Renaissance-inspired ornament. (2) Gorky González Pottery Workshop Majolica piece centered by an elaborate pineapple-form fruit arrangement painted in warm ochre, orange, and manganese-brown tones, surrounded by a royal-blue border with Greek key fret decoration.