An Hispano-Moresque armorial lustre pottery plate, Manises, Spain, 1480-1500

of shallow moulded form, decorated in blue and lustre with a central blue-ground armorial shield set in a roundel on a dot-and-stalk pattern ground enclosed by concentric bands of stylised thistles and wheel pattern, the rim with spiral gadroons with alternating fish-scale, wheel and dot-and-stalk patterns, the back painted with stylised leaves, two holes for suspension drilled before firing

The arms of the patron are unidentified.

A related dish sold through these rooms, 11 October 2006, lot 60.