Three Antique Majolica Polychrome Plates

Italy, 19th century, the first is an istoriato scene of Zeus, as a white bull, abducting Europa (13 in.); the second depicts a Bacchanalian revel (20 in.); the third an Urbino style combat scene (17 1/2 in.), no signatures or identifying marks.

From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.

Istoriato plate with 4 in. edge glued repair, underside rim drilled for wire, upper edge flakes; Bacchanalian plate with underside rim chip, small area of restoration to front, other potting and age defects; Urbino plate with edge flakes, several shallow underside chips.