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CIRCA 1750
Details
A Castelli rectangular plaque
Circa 1750
Painted by Nicola Tommaso Grue with figures among ruins before a fortified town in a mountainous wooded estuary, within a manganese and pale-yellow line border (slight chipping to rim), gilt-metal mounted wood frame
8¼ in. (21 cm.) x 11 in. (28 cm.)
Circa 1750
Painted by Nicola Tommaso Grue with figures among ruins before a fortified town in a mountainous wooded estuary, within a manganese and pale-yellow line border (slight chipping to rim), gilt-metal mounted wood frame
8¼ in. (21 cm.) x 11 in. (28 cm.)
Provenance
Lord Howard de Walden (d. 1868)
Purchased from the estate of Lucy Joan Scott-Ellis (1808-99), Baroness Howard de Walden, by Thomas Sutton, by whom sold February 1900
Purchased by Dr. J.W.L. Glaisher, by whom sold 1900-1901 (?)
Prof. and Mrs. Woolsey Johnson, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Dr. Charles William Leverett Woolsey Johnson
Although the de Walden Collection was sold after the Countess's death in a sale in London, the maiolica was disposed of privately to Sutton. Glaisher noted that the collection had been formed in Rome in the mid 19th Century, and he purchased 25 pieces of the collection from Sutton in February 1900. Glaisher disposed of some of the pieces in the United States in November 1900, in 1901, 1910 and 1912. He noted that a 'Landscape View pictorial plaque' was taken or sent to the USA in November 1900, and another plaque with a landscape view was taken in 1901. Glaisher had formed a friendship with Professor and Mrs. Woolsey Johnson (the parents of Charles) after they met in either 1881 or 1883 at a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
Reverse applied with paper label with number 653
We would like to thank Dr. Julia E. Poole, Senior assistant Keeper at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, for her kind help with establishing the provenance for this lot.
Purchased from the estate of Lucy Joan Scott-Ellis (1808-99), Baroness Howard de Walden, by Thomas Sutton, by whom sold February 1900
Purchased by Dr. J.W.L. Glaisher, by whom sold 1900-1901 (?)
Prof. and Mrs. Woolsey Johnson, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Dr. Charles William Leverett Woolsey Johnson
Although the de Walden Collection was sold after the Countess's death in a sale in London, the maiolica was disposed of privately to Sutton. Glaisher noted that the collection had been formed in Rome in the mid 19th Century, and he purchased 25 pieces of the collection from Sutton in February 1900. Glaisher disposed of some of the pieces in the United States in November 1900, in 1901, 1910 and 1912. He noted that a 'Landscape View pictorial plaque' was taken or sent to the USA in November 1900, and another plaque with a landscape view was taken in 1901. Glaisher had formed a friendship with Professor and Mrs. Woolsey Johnson (the parents of Charles) after they met in either 1881 or 1883 at a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
Reverse applied with paper label with number 653
We would like to thank Dr. Julia E. Poole, Senior assistant Keeper at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, for her kind help with establishing the provenance for this lot.
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