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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: National Museums Scotland Part 2
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  A.1874.25
• Date: 1871
  
• Material: Hani / spear
  
• 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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