An aesthetic movement earthenware plate printed in dark brown. The border design features a double row of geometric shapes along the rim and, in the center, wildflowers and blooming Orchids surrounding two cartouches; one of the Monument of Columbus in Spain and the other, the Lion of Lucerne.The Lion Monument in Lucerne is a giant dying lion carved out of a wall of sandstone
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An aesthetic movement earthenware plate printed in dark brown. The border design features a double row of geometric shapes along the rim and, in the center, wildflowers and blooming Orchids surrounding two cartouches; one of the Monument of Columbus in Spain and the other, the Lion of Lucerne.The Lion Monument in Lucerne is a giant dying lion carved out of a wall of sandstone rock above a pond at the east end of the medieval town. It was designed as a memorial for the mercenary soldiers from central Switzerland who lost their lives while serving the French king Louis XVI during the French Revolution.The Columbus Monument is a tall monument dedicated to Christopher Columbus in Barcelona, Spain at the site where Columbus returned to Spain after his first voyage to the Americas. The monument serves as a reminder that Barcelona is where Christopher Columbus reported to Queen Isabella and Ferdinand after Columbus' most famous trip
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