Basin with classicizing head

Inscription: Stickers on back: [1] 78; [2] 1196; [3] MM / 27 (Duveen Brothers inventory sticker for "Morgan Majolica")

Painted on back: [1] No 1930; [2] 11/F

Scratched within underside of foot ring: CA (possible former owner)

[ Charles Mannheim , Paris, until 1901; sold as part of the Mannheim collection to Morgan ]; J. Pierpont Morgan , London and New York (1901–d. 1913; probably on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1901–12, brought back to New York 1912; to his son, J. P .Morgan_; by descent, J. P. Morgan Jr. (1913–16; on loan to MMA 1914–16 [PM3154]; sold to Duveen as part of the Morgan collection ["Morgan Majolica" no. 27]); [ Duveen Brothers , New York, 1916; sold to Schiff ] ; Mortimer L. Schiff , New York (1916–d. 1931; on loan to MMA 1917–19; to his son, John); by descent, John M. Schiff (1931–46; on loan to MMA 1937–46, on view 1937–41; his sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, May 4, 1946, no. 78; sold for $1,000 plus $50 commission to French and Company); [ French and Co., New York , as agent for MMA, 1946 ]

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Loan Exhibition of the J. Pierpont Morgan Collection," February 17, 1914–May 28, 1916.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Maiolica from the Mortimer L. Schiff Collection," January 15–February 27, 1938.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Renaissance Maiolica: Painted Pottery for Shelf and Table," October 20, 2016–May 29, 2017.