Plate with Lion of Saint Mark

Inscription: Inscribed on book held by lion, scrambled: PAX TIBI MARCE EVANGELISTA MEUS [trans.: Peace be with you, Mark my Evangelist]

Inscribed in center of foot ring: No 719 / s19 [?]

[ Charles Mannheim , Paris, by 1898–1901; sold as part of the Mannheim collection to Morgan ]; J. Pierpont Morgan , London and New York (1901–d. 1913; on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1901–12 [no. 39], brought to New York 1912; to his son, J. P. Morgan); by descent, J. P. Morgan Jr. , New York (1913–16; on loan to MMA 1914–16 [PM3141]; sold to Duveen as part of the Morgan collection ["Morgan Majolica" no. 118]); [ 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 , New York (1931–46; on loan to MMA 1937–46, on view 1937–41; his sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, May 4, 1946, no. 87; sold for $1,250 plus $62.50 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. "Loan Exhibition of Italian Maiolica, 1917–1919," 1917–1919.

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