POSSIBLY FROM THE WORKSHOPS OF BENEDETTO BOSCHETTI, MID 19TH CENTURY

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AN ITALIAN NERO ANTICO TAZZA
POSSIBLY FROM THE WORKSHOPS OF BENEDETTO BOSCHETTI, MID 19TH CENTURY
The stepped square dish with egg and dart moulded rim modelled to the underside of the angles with swans, the lobed underside supported on a spreading fluted stem, on a square Siena marble plinth
9¼in. (23.5cm.) high

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Lot Essay

In the early 19th century Benedetto Boschetti fed the growing demand for high quality works of art with an antique theme created by an influx of grand tourists, many of whom were English. Active circa 1820-1870, the Boschetti workshop exhibited at the Crystal Palace Exhibition in 1851.

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