North African Plates

North African Plates

$ 2,400.00
These plates came to Spain by way of the Moorish domination which influenced Spanish Majolica which later influenced Mexican Talavera after the Spanish Conquest of the Americas. The Manila Galleon / Acapulco Trade Route beginning in 1585 brought back Chinese pottery which influenced Mexican Pottery…in return, Mexican pottery influenced Chinese pottery and the the globalization of pottery and ceramics became a real thing.

19th and 20th c.

15” diameter the Paisley plate
15.5” diameter the large blue and white with a cross
13” diameter the smaller yellow and green with a cross