A CAFAGGIOLO MAIOLICA ISTORIATO FOOTED DISH (COPPA)

This dish appears to be by the same hand as the plate at Cluny (inv. 2310) illustrated by Jeanne Giacomotti, Catalogue des majoliques des musées nationaux, Paris, 1974, pp. 118-119, no. 431, the reverse of which is inscribed In chafagiuollo with the SP monogram.

The inscription translates as 'Acteon turned into a stag', alluding to the ancient story of prince Acteon, who accidentally came upon Diana and her nymphs bathing while he was hunting. Diana turned him into a stag and he was killed by his own hunting hounds.