Vintage Piero Fornasetti Astrolabe Porcelain Large Plate #11

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Vintage Piero Fornasetti Astrolabe Porcelain Plate,
#11 in Astrolabio Pattern.
1960's-mid 1970's.

The plate depicts an astrolabe, it is number … Read more Vintage Piero Fornasetti Astrolabe Porcelain Plate,
#11 in Astrolabio Pattern.
1960's-mid 1970's.

The plate depicts an astrolabe, it is number 11 in series. A ribbon above reads Ad Sciend Vm Ad Qvam Regionem Aliqva Tabvlarvm Astrolabii Sit.. The ribbon and astrolabe on a brilliant gilt ground.

Dimensions: 10 1/4 inches x 1 inch high.

Mark: Astrolabio in a banner above Fornasetti hand and brush over a green porcelain mark, a script 3 in gold..

ASTRLABE An astrolabe (Greek: astrolabon, "star-taker") is an elaborate inclinometer, historically used by astronomers, navigators, and astrologers. Its many uses include locating and predicting the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars, determining local time given local latitude and vice-versa, surveying, triangulation, and to cast horoscopes. It was used in classical antiquity, through the Islamic Golden Age, the European Middle Ages and Renaissance for all these purposes. In the Islamic world, it was also used to calculate the Qibla and to find the times for Salah, prayers.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrolabe)

Reference:
See a similar Astroglobe plate in the Victoria & Albert Museum's Collection, Museum # C.63-1985. (http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O170005/plate-fornasetti-piero/)

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