A PORTUGUESE MAJOLICA RETICULATED TROMPE L'OEIL DISH

IMPRESSED MARK FOR ALFONSO ANGELICO AND CALDAS DA RAINHA, CIRCA 1880

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A PORTUGUESE MAJOLICA RETICULATED TROMPE L'OEIL DISH
IMPRESSED MARK FOR ALFONSO ANGELICO AND CALDAS DA RAINHA, CIRCA 1880
Modelled as a lobster surrounded by open shellfish on beds of seaweed; together with two Portuguese models of lobsters, impressed uppercase mark for Corvine Caldas to one, model no. 594 to the other
13½ in. (34.1 cm.) diameter, the dish (3)

拍品专文

See Pinheiro, p. 235 for an elaborate lavabo from the residence of Beau-Séjour, here Pinheiro has created an elaborate decorative composition where similar models of suspended lobster crown each top corner of the mural. Also see p. 83, fig. for a Lagosta para "Suspenão".