Illustrated catalogue of the exceedingly rare and valuable art treasures and antiquities formerly contained in the famous Davanzati Palace, Florence, Italy . occupied bya large oak-leaf on a hatched ground, and surrounded by aborder of S-shaped scrolls. Height, .{•• | inches; diameter, 11 > s inches. (Illustrated) X^\ 688—Fifteenth Century Faenza Majolica Diuk; Pitcher Reversed pear-shaped body, with cylindrical neck, projecting //?1^ cylindrical spout and flat straight looped handle. Decorated,on a white ground, with a large circular medallion borderedwith a honeysuckle patterning and occu


Illustrated catalogue of the exceedingly rare and valuable art treasures and antiquities formerly contained in the famous Davanzati Palace, Florence, Italy . occupied bya large oak-leaf on a hatched ground, and surrounded by aborder of S-shaped scrolls. Height, .{•• | inches; diameter, 11 > s inches. (Illustrated) X^\ 688—Fifteenth Century Faenza Majolica Diuk; Pitcher Reversed pear-shaped body, with cylindrical neck, projecting //?1^ cylindrical spout and flat straight looped handle. Decorated,on a white ground, with a large circular medallion borderedwith a honeysuckle patterning and occupied by a scrolledlabel inscribed in Gothic letters, Aqua de Melle, by pointedhoneysuckle leaf forms and by a device of the initials (i. B.,surmounted by a cross. /in i , ;\ Height, lJ:s inches. (Illustrated) • v Ov 080- -Fourteenth Century Orvieto Primitive MajolicaPitcher // f( Reversed pear-shaped body, with cylindrical neck, projectingcylindrical spout and looped handle. Decorated on a whiteground in green and manganese with a pattern of interlacementsand two ciow s on the neck. ,,,, . ,, Height, 11 •• i in, hes. (lllust lilted) •. v\- w 690—Fourteenth Century Orvieto Primitive Majolica Ewer^ Spherically shaped body, with long cylindrical neck and stem, _57^ circular foot and looped handle. Decorated, in green and man-ganese, with a patterning of scrolls and human figures. Onthe neck and modeled in relief are a shield with a heraldic eagle,a mans head and two pine-cones. Height, 11 inches.(Illustrated) 691- Fourteenth Century Orvieto Primitive Majolica PlTCHEU #-A %y Pear-shaped body, with pinched neck and loop handle. Deco-rated, on a white ground, in green and reddish brown (man-ganese), with a conventional bird Hanked by pine trees. Height, ll1 inches. (Illustrate!) 14- JY 002—Fourteenth Century Orvieto Primitive EwebJ ^i Spherically shaped body, with long cylindrical neck and foot and looped handle. Decorated, in green andmanga


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