Hand-painted decorative earthenware plate, repaired

Ceramic

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Archive of Cuban Socialism

Name/Title

Hand-painted decorative earthenware plate, repaired

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.217

Description

A wide, shallow circular earthenware plate decorated in hand-painted majolica/faience style on a cream glaze. The well carries a loose floral/foliate composition in cobalt blue, rust-red, green, and yellow, arranged around the center with a faint painted cross/quartering; the broad rim has a repeating border of leaf-shaped, dotted-flower, and lens motifs in blue and green between blue concentric line bands. The reverse is glazed cream with an unglazed terracotta foot ring (revealing the red earthenware body), a paper "Made in USSR" label, and a twisted-wire hanging loop fitted across the back. The plate has been broken and is held/displayed in its reassembled state. The style draws on the Central Asian and Ukrainian ceramic traditions that Soviet decorative arts absorbed and standardized for export

Use

Purchase by María A. Arús Caraballo and displayed at her home for decoration

Collection

The Cabrera Arús family collection, María A. Arús Caraballo collection

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Made/Created

Place

Country

U.S.S.R.

Region

Eastern Europe

Continent

Europe

Notes

Date: Cannot be confirmed precisely; Soviet (USSR) manufacture. No production date is printed; the "Made in USSR" export label indicates a Soviet-era origin (USSR existed to 1991)

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Paper label on the reverse: "Made in USSR / art… " (article-number line, partly torn/illegible). No painted signature, factory backstamp, or date visible.

Materials

Material Notes

Materials: Glazed red earthenware (terracotta body visible at the foot ring); hand-applied ceramic colorants under/over a cream glaze; paper label; twisted galvanized-wire hanging loop (a later/owner addition). Technique: Wheel-thrown or molded earthenware (concentric throwing rings visible), tin/cream-glazed and hand-painted (freehand brushwork, majolica/faience manner), glaze-fired. The wire loop is a separately added hanger.

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

María A. Arús Caraballo

Notes

owner

Related Places

Place

City

Havana

Country

Cuba

Region

Caribbean, Central America

Notes

acquisition, use

Place

Country

U.S.S.R.

Region

Eastern Europe

Continent

Europe

Notes

production

Created By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Create Date

May 17, 2026

Updated By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Update Date

June 14, 2026