A Le Nove wall pocket or letter holder
A Le Nove wall pocket or letter holder

LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE COMET AND NOVE MARK

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A Le Nove wall pocket or letter holder
Late 19th century, blue comet and NOVE mark
The tapering pocket painted with a spray of garden flowers amongst pierced rococo scrolling foliage, the backplate moulded with a mirror-shaped cartouche painted in sepia with an Italianate landscape, surmounted by a white figure of a putto holding a letter aloft, the bowl suspending ropetwist tassles and a putto (some minor damage and restoration)
20¾ in. (52.7 cm.) high