Fig. 6.—Plate. “Stream of Life.” 16th Century.
Signed by Mo Giorgio. Diam. 7¾ in.
Fig. 7.—Vase. By Mo Giorgio.
H. 10½ in. 16th Century.
Another painter in lustre, of the school of Mo Giorgio, has signed his pieces with the letter N., which is supposed by some to be a monogram of Vincenzio, the son of Mo Giorgio; and a painter named Perestino, of Gubbio, produced some very beautiful pieces, dated 1533 and 1536.
PESARO
Guido Ubaldo II. della Rovere, who became Duke of Urbino in 1538, was a patron of the fabrique of Pesaro. The maiolica with yellow lustre, blue outlines and imbricated borders, which are assigned to Pesaro, belong to the first part of the 16th century; many of these have portraits and scrolls inscribed with the name of the person to whom they were dedicated. When Passeri visited the town in 1718, there was only one potter, making ordinary vessels. Some years after, in 1757, he sent potters from Urbania and recommenced the manufacture.
According to M. A. Jacquemart, two artists of Lodi—Filippo Antonio Callegari and Antonio Casali—were also established here about the middle of the 18th century. The bowl and cover and dish, Fig. 9, painted and gilt with flowers, are signed by them with their initials. There was another fabrique, established by Giuseppe Bertolucci of Urbania in 1757; Pietro Lei, a painter of Sassuolo, was engaged there.
Fig. 8.—Drug Vase.
17th Century.