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The bryony motif is - like the ivy motif - one of the most recognisable types of decoration on Hispano-Moresque pottery. According to Anthony Ray (Spanish Pottery 1248-1898 (2000), p. 73) fragments with this motif were found in the Castell Formós, sacked in 1413, and others in the castle of Llinars, destroyed in 1448. See various dishes with the bryony flower motif in Ray, op.cit., cat. nos. 152-160.
The sacred monogram is often found in combination with this pattern and a bowl is illustrated by Ray, op.cit., cat. no. 160. It became popular in Italy as a result of the preaching of San Bernardino of Siena (1380-1444), but Ray notes that its popularity in Spain in the 1440s was probably due to his disciple, Fray Mateo de Agrigento.