Fine European Ceramics including Hispano-Moresque pottery and Italian Maiolica from the Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Foundation

A rare Spanish Hispano-Moresque Albarello, Valencia (Manises), circa 1400-1450,Of cylindrical body, with a tall neck and slanting shoulder, standi...

A Spanish Hispano-Moresque Albarello, Valencia (Manises), circa 1400-1450The cylindrical form, with a tall neck and slanting shoulder, standing on...

A Spanish Hispano-Moresque Albarello, Valencia (Manises), circa 1400-1450The cylindrical body with a tall neck and slanting shoulder, standing on ...

A Spanish Hispano-Moresque lusterware Albarello, Valencia (Manises), circa 1400-1450Of cylindrical form, with a tall neck and slanting shoulder, o...

A Spanish Albarello, Valencia (Paterna or Manises),1400-1450Decorated in blue on impure white tin-glazed ground with a triple repetition of 'P' or...

A Spanish Hispano-Moresque Albarello, Valencia (Manises), circa 1435-75Of cylindrical form, with a tall neck and slanting shoulder, standing on a ...

A Spanish Hispano-Moresque Albarello, circa 1435-50The cylindrical body with a tall neck and slanting shoulder standing on a short footrim, decora...

A Spanish, Talavera, Armorial Albarello, late 18th centuryDecorated in blue with a coat of arms, of three stars surrounding a Crucifix under a cro...

A Spanish, Talavera Albarello, made for the monastery of San Benito el Real, 18th CenturyDecorated in blue with an escutcheon of a rampant lion an...

A SPANISH, TALAVERA ALBARELLO, MADE FOR THE MONASTERY OF SAN BENITO EL REAL, 18TH CENTURYEn suite with the previous lot, decorated in blue with an...

A Pair of Pesaro or Faenza maiolica albarelli, late 15th CenturyEach decorated with a drug label in Gothic script reading 'GIRGOLLE' and 'SEBASTEM...

A Pesaro or Faenza maiolica albarello, second half 15th centuryDecorated with a scrolling drug label reading 'FARINA DE LUU' [flower of Luu (?)] o...

A Faenza maiolica albarello, circa 1530Decorated in blue with a drug label inscribed 'AORI. D.CEDR' under an apothecary escutcheon with initials ...

A Faenza maiolica albarello, circa 1520Decorated in blue with a scrolling drug label CONFETIO AMECH on a ground of small foliate scrolls, 16.5cm ...

A Faenza maiolica albarello, mid 16th CenturyDecorated in blue with a drug label reading 'CANELA ANTICA' and a ground of foliate scrolls, 21 cm hi...

A Pair of Faenza maiolica armorial wet drug jars, circa 1525Each decorated with a coat of arms of a tree within an escutcheon, possibly that of th...

A Faenza maiolica Albarello, early 16th centuryDecorated with alternating panels with foliate scrollwork, set with a profile portrait of a soldier...

A small Faenza maiolica Albarello, 16th centuryDecorated with a profile portrait of a man in Turkish dress above a scrolling drug label in gothic ...

Two Faenza maiolica albarelli, one dated 1555, the other of similar dateEach decorated in two horizontal sections in ochre and blue with sgraffito...

A Faenza maiolica albarello, circa 1540-70Decorated with an oval portrait of a bearded man in yellow and ochre border, against foliate scrollwork ...

A Deruta or Tuscan Maiolica Albarello, circa 1530Decorated with a drug label 'ZU.VIOLATO', or candied violets, set on an escutcheon with three sin...

A Deruta maiolica albarello, circa 1530-50Decorated with a drug label inscribed 'STORCE.LIQV' on an overlapping scale pattern in blue, yellow and ...

A Faenza maiolica apothecary jar, circa 1545-50Decorated with a portrait medallion of Saturn, surrounded by bands of scrollwork and foliage a quar...

A Faenza Maiolica Apothecary Jar, circa 1545-50En suite with the previous lot, decorated with a portrait medallion depicting Hector surrounded by ...

A Venetian maiolica globular jar, late 16th centuryDecorated with dense floral scrollwork against a blue sgraffito ground, the central medallions ...

A very large Castel Durante maiolica armorial albarello, first half 16th centuryPainted with a polychrome scrollwork drug label inscribed 'SUC. VI...

A large Deruta or Castel Durante maiolica bottle, mid 16th centuryDecorated with a scrolling drug label reading 'Aq.a de Fenochie' in Gothic scrip...

A large Castel Durante armorial istoriato container, workshop of Ludovico and Angelo Picchi, circa 1560Of inverted pear shape, on a waisted foot, ...

A Faenza or Castel Durante maiolica armorial albarello, mid 16th centuryDecorated with a coat of arms below a scrolling drug label inscribed 'ELLm...

A Castel Durante or Faenza maiolica wet drug jar, dated 1561Of bulbous shape with straight spout and wide strap handle, decorated in cobalt and ye...

A pair of armorial albarelli, probably Le Marche, dated 1580Each decorated with a drug label in Gothic script reading 'FALANGA' and 'SALAM AROMATI...

A massive Urbino maiolica istoriato wet drug jar, attributed to the Fontana Workshop, circa 1565-70Of oval shape with a serpent handle over a moul...

A massive Urbino maiolica istoriato wet drug jar, attributed to the Fontana Workshop, circa 1565-70En suite with the previous lot, of oval shape w...

A large Montelupo maiolica wet drug jar, late 16th or early 17th centuryPainted with a drug label on a ground of scrolling blue foliage, the two r...

A large Italian Maiolica wet drug jar, possibly Rome, late 16th centuryDecorated in blue with a drug label reading 'AQ.SCORZON' placed on a densel...

A very large Montelupo maiolica Double-Handled Wet Drug Jar, circa 1570-90Painted with the emblem of a winged lion holding a tablet reading 'PAX T...

A Pair of Montelupo maiolica Armorial Albarelli, circa 1520Each painted with the Giraldi family arms of a crowned rampant lion within an oval blue...

A Pair of Montelupo maiolica armorial albarelli, mid 16th centuryEach decorated with a coat of arms surrounded by a stiff leaf wreath, the revers...

A Sicilian Maiolica Albarello, 17th centuryDecorated with a large cartouche depicting Madonna on the Moonsickle, the reverse with elaborate trophi...

A Sicilian maiolica Albarello, probably Caltagirone, early 18th centuryOf waisted cylindrical form, painted with formal scrolling foliage on a blu...

An Italian maiolica Wet-Drug Jar, possibly Venice or Rome, dated 1601Decorated in shades of blue with a berretino-ground decorated with scrolling ...

A Palermo maiolica albarello, 17th CenturyOf waisted cylindrical shape, decorated with an oval cartouche enclosing a standing putto, set against a...

A Pair of Southern Italian maiolica Wet Drug Jars, late 17th or 18th centuryPainted with oval scenes of St. Peter on a yellow ground enclosed by a...

A Maiolica Drug Jar, likely late 19th or early 20th centuryPainted with a drug label reading 'Aq. DE. INDIVIA' on a blue ground with polychrome fo...

A Pair of Italian Maiolica Albarelli, 19th CenturyIn Castel Durante-style with a putto standing over a sea-creature within a central cartouche, re...

A Deruta maiolica charger, circa 1530Painted in blue and lustre, the cavetto with a huntsman carrying a game-bird and hare on a stick over his sh...

A Deruta lustre-decorated maiolica dish or bacile a versatore, early 16th centuryDecorated in blue and yellowish ochre lustre, with the initial 'R...

A Venice maiolica dish, mid 16th centuryPainted with a bearded figure leaning on his staff by a tree, a building and mountains in the distance, th...

A Venice maiolica dish, mid 16th CenturyPainted with a classical figure of a youth flanked by trees with mountains in the distance, the reverse in...

An Urbino istoriato maiolica oval cover or dish, circa 1530-50Decorated on both sides, one with an unidentified mythological scene, likely Venus a...

An Italian maiolica istoriato footed dish (crespina), probably Urbino, mid 16th centuryPainted with a Biblical scene depicting the High Priest Aar...

An Italian maiolica istoriato shallow circular dish, mid 16th centuryPainted with a landscape scene depicting Hercules standing by rockwork over a...

An Italian maiolica istoriato shell-moulded basin, 19th CenturyMoulded with a mask handle and three shell feet, the top painted with Apollo in his...

A Deruta maiolica wet-drug jar, circa 1560-70Painted in blue with a stork below a drug label inscribed 'SY PAPAVERIS', enclosed by a fruiting wrea...

A pair of Italian maiolica small albarelli, possibly Deruta, dated 1620Each decorated with a drug label, inscribed 'PLOMBO ABRVGITO' and 'POLVE CA...

A Montelupo maiolica two-handled vase, circa 1560-70Of ovoid form with blue rope-twist handles, one side painted with a woman seated in a landscap...

An Italian maiolica wet-drug jar, probably Ligurian, early 18th centuryPainted with a scene depicting the Virgin and Child and St. Francis at the ...

A Sicilian maiolica jar (bombola), early 17th centuryPainted in Venetian style, each side with a profile portrait of a youth, one wearing a turban...

A rare Deruta maiolica deep tazza and cover, mid 17th CenturyModelled with a large finial with concave centre, the interior of the bowl with a mot...

A pair of Savona maiolica albarelli, Chiodo-Peirano workshop, circa 1720-35Each painted in polychrome enamels with Biblical scenes with large figu...