Beautiful 20th.C. clay/pottery glazed plate-charger. H. 5 3/4'' Diam. 24''. When the Spanish introduced their stylized pottery to their recently established colony in Mexico, the local artisans blended these new techniques with their established practices to create the famous Talavera pottery of Mexico.  It is believed that the first workshop was established in the city of Puebla around 1600 AD.  Puebla became the home of authentic Mexican Talavera and is where the first potter's guilds were formed to establish standards and regulations for the production of Talavera