SARGADELOS porcelain (Spain) - large & decorative armorial plate (10.5" / 267mm diameter). PRICE REDUCED

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For sale is a fine quality decorative porcelain plate made by Sargadelos pottery of Galicia in Spain. This plate has a wide cobalt-blue border and features the heraldic coat-of-arms of Galicia of north-west Spain. At the centre is the badge of Galicia, a stylised chalice, Host and seven crosses. Quartered around this are the four provincial coat-of-arms of Galicia, from top-right clockwise: Lugo, Pontevedra, Ourense and La Coruna.

The origins of Sargadelos pottery company go back to around 1806 and the company is still active, employing some 250 people. Sargadelos specialises mainly in the production of high-quality porcelain tableware and a smaller range of decorative figural pieces. It could be said that Sargadelos are the 'Lladro of tableware'.

Sargadelos pottery has its own characteristic style of design, taking their influences from "traditional forms and motifs of Galician and Celtic culture". Many of their geometric patterns are also influenced by the Cubist style, made famous by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso.

http://www.sargadelos.com/en/content/4-about-us/

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DESCRIPTION:
Size: about 10 1/2" diameter (267mm).
Finish: Transfer printed & hand-painted in 3 colours with an overall clear vitreous glaze.
Material(s): Porcelain.
Imprint: SARGADELOS A.F. (these may be the designer's initials).
Weight (excluding transit packaging): about 620g
Approximate age: unsure, but this plate design is not currently in production.

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CONDITION:
Excellent condition. No damage. There are a couple of minor surface marks in the glaze over the blue border about the 1 o/c position but are only noticeable at certain angles to the light.
Please see photograph(s), these form part of the description.

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RETURNS:
* Return accepted if the item(s) is returned in same condition it left me, then the full Agreed Asking Price will be refunded. Postal costs are not refundable.
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