A Faenza maiolica armorial berretino dish, probably workshop of Achille Calzi, late 19th century

painted in the manner of the Bergantini workshop  with the arms of Roberto di Michele Strozzi of Florence  (b. 1493) impaling those of Marietta di Simone Ridolfi, within a jewelled border, the broad rim with grotesques and formal foliage, and with evenly spaced winged putto's heads above banners inscribed 1524, the reverse with overlapping petals in blue and ochre, so-called Casa Pirota mark in ochre (broken and restored)

broken into 8 pieces and restored.
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This piece, together with a few other examples, has been the subject of some disputes, see the Cora Collection, p. 75, no. 61 ; but see also a dish with the same coat-of-arms from the JP. Morgan collection, published by G.C Bojani and F. Vassilla in Capolavori di maiolica della Collezione Strozzi Sacrati, Firenze, 1998, nn. 5,6 p. 83.