Vintage Italian Hand Painted Decorative Plate

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Description

This is a decorative ceramic plate with a hand-painted fruit motif.

Front Design
• Motif: The plate features a colorful … Read more This is a decorative ceramic plate with a hand-painted fruit motif.

Front Design
• Motif: The plate features a colorful still-life of fruits in the center — including a watermelon slice, purple grapes, a yellow peach (or apricot), and what look like cherries or yellow plums, all framed by leafy greenery.
• Colors: Bright and bold hand-painted glazes in red, green, blue, and yellow dominate, giving it a rustic, Mediterranean feel.
• Border: The plate has a scalloped edge with a raised relief design and small hand-painted blue accents, adding a lace-like effect around the rim.

Back Markings
• The back is stamped or hand-marked with “K.B. N.Y. Italy”, suggesting it was either imported to New York from Italy or distributed by a New York company sourcing Italian ceramics.
• The plate has a spring-wire wall hanger attached, meaning it was likely used for decorative display rather than for dining.

Style & Origin
• The style is typical of mid-20th century Italian majolica (maiolica) — a tradition of tin-glazed earthenware known for bright fruit and floral hand-painting.
• These kinds of plates were often made in regions like Deruta, Vietri, or Sicily, then exported widely, especially to the U.S. See less