Museo Galileo
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Plates
    • Setting:
      Room VIII
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Place:
      Tuscany
    • Date:
      17th cent.
    • Materials:
      transparent glass
    • Dimensions:
      min. diameter 450 mm, max. 490 mm
    • Inventory:
      285, 294, 295, 297
    • Plates (Inv. 285, 294, 295, 297)

Four plates of slightly different sizes with wide brims, folded rims, and blowing-iron marks at the center. Although their size is similar to that of display ware, the lack of decoration suggests that they were for everyday use.