PUMP PLATE, DERUTA, FIRST THIRD 16TH CENTURY in majolica painted in cobalt blue and gilded metallic lustre; diam. cm 33,6, h. cm 3,5 A CHARGER, DERUTA, FIRST THIRD 16TH CENTURY Comparative bibliography J. Giacomotti, Catalogue des majoliques des musées nationaux, Paris 1974, pp. 198-200 nn. 643-647; P. Bonali, R. Gresta, Girolamo e Giacomo Lanfranco dalle Gabicce maiolicari a Pesaro nel secolo XVI, Rimini 1987, p.37 note 54; A. Satolli, Annotazioni della presenza di lustri a Orvieto, in G. Busti, F. Cocchi, Maiolica, lustri oro e rubino della ceramica dal Rinascimento a oggi, Perugia 2019, pp. 63-67 fig. 9 The large dish has a slightly raised umbo in the centre, while the cavetto runs flat with a rounded break leading to a short, flat brim with a raised, rounded rim. The reverse is smooth and entirely glazed in white. The entire surface is covered with a dense "damasquin" decoration of Islamic origin, typical of metalwork, borrowed in the West through Hispano-Moorish ceramics. This type of decoration, dated quite early in the sixteenth century, is commonly used in the works produced in Deruta, even if examples made in other production centres are known: some fragments of basins with similar decorative methods have been found in Pesaro, but also the fragments recovered from the Pozzo della Cava in Orvieto testify to a lustre production activity in that city too. However, this decoration was particularly successful in Deruta, as confirmed by this exemplar, which was skilfully executed both in outlining the design in cobalt blue on the creamy-white glaze and in filling in the small areas with lustre in the second firing. This work, characterised by its large size, can be found in three basins in the Louvre (inv. no. OA 7574 and OA 1225) and in the Musée de Cluny (inv. no. 2064b). In addition, a pourer, also in the Louvre (no. OA 1225b), and a two-handled vase with a similar decoration in the Musée de Sévres (no. 23125) help us to imagine the use of these basins with their respective vases.