Antique Majolica Plate with Drippy Dog necklace just excellent

just excellent

and then the caliper pulls out to measure 2 inches

Framed: 7" x 5 11/16" x 11/16"

and what a lot of love and use it appears to have seen

Antique Majolica Plate with Drippy Dog necklace just excellentI'm not attracted to this sort of majolica as a rule, but I sure love this plate. Specifically, I love this dog, which but for the glazing one might take for a lamb, and what could be better than a lamb like dog!? And in this case the drippy, painterly green and brown animating the border seem just right, coloring what look to me like cabbages to nibble on. And with some drippy yellow too, as if our dog has marked its territory! With the fairly faint