Lot 54
54
A PAIR OF ALCORA FAIENCE OVAL WALL PLAQUES
THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE JAIME ORTIZ-PATINO
A PAIR OF ALCORA FAIENCE OVAL WALL PLAQUES

THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY, RED A. ABOVE A SCROLL MARK TO ONE

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A PAIR OF ALCORA FAIENCE OVAL WALL PLAQUES
THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY, RED A. ABOVE A SCROLL MARK TO ONE
Each painted with three putti at play amongst clouds, within an oval scroll-moulded frame pierced for suspension (both with uppermost section of scrollwork broken through and repaired, some overpainting, slight chipping and glaze flaking)
21 1/5 in. (55 cm.) and 20½ in. (52.1 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

For two polychrome plaques in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, both of very similar form as those in the present lot, see Antony Ray, Spanish Pottery 1248-1898, London, 2000, p. 225, nos. 393 and 394, and p. 224 for a discussion of plaques made at Alcora.

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