Made of Alabaster, this beautiful 3 D plate was made in Italy in 1988.
Just in case you are not familiar with alabaster, here is what Wikipeda has to say:
Alabaster is a mineral or rock that is soft, often used for carving, and is processed for plaster powder. Archaeologists and the stone processing industry use the word differently from geologists. The former use it in a wider sense that includes varieties of two different minerals: the fine-grained massive type of gypsum[1] and the fine-grained banded type of calcite.[2] Geologists define alabaster only as the gypsum type.[2] Chemically, gypsum is a hydrous sulfate of calcium, while calcite is a carbonate of calcium.[
"Gifts of Maternal Love" was made by Alberto Santangela's Renaissance Madonna plates. I have several different ones, in my other listings.
On the back of the plate is lots of italien writing, the Plate no good. is 1925
Hand-coloured and hand-painted in Tuscany, Italy, under the hallmark of the Studio Dante di Volteradici.
The plate measures 8 1/2" across and weighs 2 1/2 pounds
Product code: Decorative Plate carved of alabaster made good in Italy numbered from 1988