An Italian maiolica Istoriato footed dish, mid-16th century, perhaps Pesaro

the reverse inscribed 'Tiseo uito ferman(?) / il Suo figlolo io uele / negre', [Seen his son Theseus returning with black sails],

There are two restored rim chips, located at 3 o'clock and 6 o'clock. Approximately half the foot is restored, which also has an area of loss to the surface. There are several typical rim nibble chips.
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The dish depicts an episode from the myth of King Theseus of Athens and the Minotaur. After defeating the Minotaur Theseus returned to Athens in a ship with black sails - forgetting the promise he made to his father Aegeus to hoist white sails if he had been successful. Seeing the black sails from afar and thinking his son was dead Theseus's father threw himself into the sea.