Italian, Florence, Cantagalli factory, circa 1900-1910

of octagonal inverted baluster form, the shoulders with eight flower apertures, above a band of large intertwined poppies and swirling foliage on the pale green ground, cockerel mark and 14 in blue, faint printed mark 'Italia'

There are eight small areas of re-touching to the edge of the footrim; and an area of the rim of one of the eight flower apertures which fluoresce when viewed under a UV-light.
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Two cachepots of similarly powerful overall designs were accessioned to the Patrimonio Stibbert in 1898 and 1901; see the exhibition catalogue The Revival of Italian Maiolca: Ginori and Cantagalli, Stibbert Museum, Florence, 2011, nos. 91 and 92