Lot Essay
This scene, related in style and subject to the 'Valentine pattern' vignettes, may derive from the same 1670 edition of Aesop's Fables illustrated by Francis Barlow.
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A EUROPEAN SUBJECT HELMET JUG
CIRCA 1780
The front with a gilt-edged circular medallion painted in famille rose enamels with a pair of hounds menacing a bird perched on an urn-form birdbath, another hovering above, sepia and gilt borders with touches of blue, green and black (slight wear)--5½in. (14cm.) high
CIRCA 1780
The front with a gilt-edged circular medallion painted in famille rose enamels with a pair of hounds menacing a bird perched on an urn-form birdbath, another hovering above, sepia and gilt borders with touches of blue, green and black (slight wear)--5½in. (14cm.) high