A TALAVERA BLUE AND WHITE WAISTED ALBARELLO painted with a cross within a circular medallion surmounted by a crown and flanked by scrolling foliage (slight cracks, rim chips and glaze flaking), 18th century, 28cm. high; and a North Italian dated small waisted albarello painted in yellow, green and manganese with a vase of flowers within a circle and dot border, the reverse dated 1793 (chip to top rim and slight glaze flaking), 1793, 11.5cm. high (2)
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A TALAVERA BLUE AND WHITE WAISTED ALBARELLO painted with a cross within a circular medallion surmounted by a crown and flanked by scrolling foliage (slight cracks, rim chips and glaze flaking), 18th century, 28cm. high; and a North Italian dated small waisted albarello painted in yellow, green and manganese with a vase of flowers within a circle and dot border, the reverse dated 1793 (chip to top rim and slight glaze flaking), 1793, 11.5cm. high (2)
Lot Essay
Cf. Bernard Rackham, Italian Maiolica, pl. 204, no. 1287 for the second