An Italian maiolica egg stand, Urbino, by Francesco Xanto Avelli da Rovigo
An Italian maiolica egg stand, Urbino, by Francesco Xanto Avelli da Rovigo
of canted triangular form, supported three lion paw feet, the upper surface moulded with an oval well with three circular wells to each point, painted by Francesco Xanto Avelli da Rovigo, signed F.X.A.R. to central well, amongst scrolling foliage in bianco-sopra-bianco, the circular wells insribed Sale, Speci and Ova, the blue ground decorated a trofei among three winged putti.
6.5cm. high, 20.5cm. wide, 2 ½in., 8in.
circa 1530-35
Provenance:
Purchased by Frederick, 4th Earl Spencer (1798-1857) on 29 March 1855 from Toms and Luscombe for £15;
Christie's South Kensington, The Althorp Attic Sale, 7- 8 July 2010, lot 114.
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An Italian maiolica egg stand, Urbino, by Francesco Xanto Avelli da Rovigo
of canted triangular form, supported three lion paw feet, the upper surface moulded with an oval well with three circular wells to each point, painted by Francesco Xanto Avelli da Rovigo, signed F.X.A.R. to central well, amongst scrolling foliage in bianco-sopra-bianco, the circular wells insribed Sale, Speci and Ova, the blue ground decorated a trofei among three winged putti.
6.5cm. high, 20.5cm. wide, 2 ½in., 8in.
circa 1530-35
Provenance:
Purchased by Frederick, 4th Earl Spencer (1798-1857) on 29 March 1855 from Toms and Luscombe for £15;
Christie's South Kensington, The Althorp Attic Sale, 7- 8 July 2010, lot 114.
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