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A Pesaro (Fabbrica Ignazio Callegari) baluster wine-jug made for the Greek market

EARLY 19TH CENTURY, MANGANESE N1:/CALLEGARI PESARO MARK

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A Pesaro (Fabbrica Ignazio Callegari) baluster wine-jug made for the Greek market
Early 19th century, manganese N1:/Callegari Pesaro mark
With pinched spout and double scroll handle, inscribed in Greek with a drinking verse within a roundel below scrolls, between panels of scrolling foliage, the circular foot with three concentric blue lines, yellow band and blue dish rim (section of rim broken in four places and restuck, minor chipping and cracks)
9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm.) high

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

Cf. Grazia Biscontini Ugolini, Ceramiche Pesaresi dal XVIII al XX secolo (Bologna, 1986), p. 121, pl. 105 for a jug with the same inscription and by a similar hand.

This verse translates loosely as 'the lover of wine is badly dressed, you can become something else, but do not become a lover of wine'.

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