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This maiolica plate was made at the Castellani Workshop in Rome in Italy in 1871.

The plate decorated in an early-16th-century Castel Durante style, with a central candelabra, a mask, dolphins, winged sphinxes and grotesques. It is inscribed 'Napoli' and 'Dum Spiro Spero' ['whilst I breathe I hope'].

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Online ID:	000-180-001-025-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0504: National Museums Scotland Part 2 Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland A.1874.25
Date:	1871
Material:
Dimensions:	68.00" L
What:	Hani / spear
Subject:	Spears
Who:
Where:	Polynesia, New Zealand
Event:
Description:	Carved wooden hani or spear with inlaid mother of pearl eyes: New Zealand
References:	Curnow, Celia, Italian Maiolica in the National Museums of Scotland. Edinburgh: NMS, 1992
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