Lot Essay
Triton, a merman half man half fish was the son of Neptune and Amphitrite.
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MARKED WITH BLUE MONOGRAM HF, CIRCA 1760
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A Holitsch Fayence polychrome Pièce de Milieu modelled as a Triton
MARKED WITH BLUE MONOGRAM HF, CIRCA 1760
Tafelaufsatz, inspired by Vienna porcelain examples, decorated as a bearded merman with a curled tail enhanced with scales in relief, his feet modelled as fins, kneeling on a shaped conch, holding another conch with both hands above his head, the upper conch with two apertures
28.3 cm. high
MARKED WITH BLUE MONOGRAM HF, CIRCA 1760
Tafelaufsatz, inspired by Vienna porcelain examples, decorated as a bearded merman with a curled tail enhanced with scales in relief, his feet modelled as fins, kneeling on a shaped conch, holding another conch with both hands above his head, the upper conch with two apertures
28.3 cm. high
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