1935, UNDERGLAZE BLUE SCEPTRE, STENCILLED RED ORB OVER K.P.M., PAINTER'S MARK IN BLACK, IMPRESSED 3 T :R

细节

A Berlin shaped plate from the Pius XIth service
1935, underglaze blue sceptre, stencilled red orb over K.P.M., painter's mark in black, impressed 3 T :R
The centre painted a large bouquet, the border with short floral garlands issuing from four shaped panels of puce scale ornament edged with moulded gilt scrolls and foliage, within a puce ribbon-tied reeded border and gilt band rim (minute shallow chip to rim at 12 and 2 o'clock, minute flaking to enamels, minute wear to gilding)
9¾ in. (25 cm.) wide

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拍品专文

This plate is part of a service that was a gift from the German state to celebrate Pius XI's fifty years of priesthood (the reverse is printed in gold with SR·HEILIGKEIT PAPST PIUS XI ZUM GOLDENEN PRIESTER- JUBILAEUM DIE DEUTSCHE REICHSREGIERUNG).

Pope Pius XI (1857-1939) was born Achille Ratti. A gifted scholar and expert climber, he made his reputation at the Ambrosian Library, Milan, and in 1912 he was sent by Pius X to Rome to become the assistant librarian at the Vatican. He subsequently became the head of the Vatican library and made a number of diplomatic missions before becoming a cardinal in 1921 and Pope in 1922.