Lot Essay
See Katz, Portuguese, p. 68, fig. 83 for a similar example, Courtesy of Cara Antiques, Newtown, Pennsylvania.
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IMPRESSED CROWNED MARK FOR M.(ANUEL) MAFRA, CALDAS, TO THE FIRST; IMPRESSED OVAL SEAL MARK FOR F.(RANCISCO) GOMEZ D'AVELLAR (SIC), CALDAS DE RAINHA AND INCISED 7 TO THE SECOND
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TWO PORTUGUESE MAJOLICA TROMPE L'OEIL DISHES
IMPRESSED CROWNED MARK FOR M.(ANUEL) MAFRA, CALDAS, TO THE FIRST; IMPRESSED OVAL SEAL MARK FOR F.(RANCISCO) GOMEZ D'AVELLAR (SIC), CALDAS DE RAINHA AND INCISED 7 TO THE SECOND
The first of quatrefoil form moulded and applied with three frogs, slugs, snails and a butterfly resting on four overlapping lilypads; the second with a toad, a turtle and a worm on a bed of mossy frit
9¾ in. (24.7 cm.) diameter (2)
IMPRESSED CROWNED MARK FOR M.(ANUEL) MAFRA, CALDAS, TO THE FIRST; IMPRESSED OVAL SEAL MARK FOR F.(RANCISCO) GOMEZ D'AVELLAR (SIC), CALDAS DE RAINHA AND INCISED 7 TO THE SECOND
The first of quatrefoil form moulded and applied with three frogs, slugs, snails and a butterfly resting on four overlapping lilypads; the second with a toad, a turtle and a worm on a bed of mossy frit
9¾ in. (24.7 cm.) diameter (2)
Literature
Katz, Portuguese, p. 108, fig. 151