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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.
Hand-colored 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 poundsThere was a metal plate on the back with the number and name, but in transport it fell of and got lost....
