POLYCHROME FAIENCE ALBARELLO, GIROLAMO LAZZARO KILN, PALERMO, EARLY 18TH CENTURY decorated with a figure in reserve on a background with trophies; original glaze firing defects, a few minor restorations Inscribed S.P.Q.P. h. 28.6, w. cm 14 A PALERMO MAIOLICA ALBARELLO, EARLY 16TH CENTURY; FIRING GLAZE DEFECTS, FEW MINOR RESTORATIONS The Palermo workshop of the Lazzaro family, active between the end of the 16th century and the following century, remains characteristic for its attention to the Renaissance taste then in fashion in various centres of production, and is not infrequently dated or signed, mostly to the years between 1599 and 1620. For an examination of the workshop activity, see Ravanelli Guidotti in 1999 (C. Ravanelli Guidotti, Faenza e Sicilia: rapporti ed influssi nelle fonti d'archivio e nelle opere, in 'La maiolica siciliana tra i secoli XV e XVII ed i rapporti con le manifatture della penisola: Il ruolo delle officine Saccensi', proceedings of the conference Sciacca 8-9 October 1999, Palermo 2000, p. 94, table 3 a-c).