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Click here to subscribeA Della Robbia Pottery Cantagalli twin-handled vase by Gertrude Russell, swollen form with applied Dolphin handles to the shoulder, incised with panels of stylised Art Nouveau flowers and foliage, in green, turquoise, yellow and ochre, incised marks and monogram, restored top rim, crack to one handle, 32.5cm. high Literature Peter Hyland The Della Robbia Pottery, ACC books, page 156 figure 166 for a comparable vase.
An 18th century porcelain figure of Hercules and Cerberus 'The Hound of Hades', 18cm high (At fault) a porcelain figure of a cherub holding a basket of flowers 11.5cm high, a Cantagalli lustre jug 16.5cm high (At fault), a lustre jug bearing label 'From the collection of the late Sir Frederick Ashton, sold 30th June 1993, Boardman Fine Art Auctioneers', 12cm high and a further jug (5) (at fault)
*Italian Maiolica Vases. An impressive pair of large-scale Italian majolica snake handled vases, later 19th century, with hand painted classical & biblical scenes (possibly including Noah & the Great Flood), and grotesque faces in relief to the sides beneath each snake handle, approximately 66cm (26ins) high, and 97cm (38ins) diameter, with some resoration Similar to work by the Cantagalli Pottery of Florence. In 1878, Ulisse Cantagalli (1839-1901) took over the family's factory in Florence and began to trade as Manifattura Figli di Giuseppe Cantagalli, producing highly decorative Italian ceramics in the Renaissance maiolica style. The Cantagalli factory closed in 1985. Cantagalli marked his works with a cockerel symbol, but this is not visible on these examples. (2)Amendment: width is 14 inches (not 38)
EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY CANTAGALLI, ITALIAN MAIOLICA POTTERY PEDESTAL EWER, of typical form with circular foot and twin serpent scroll handle with satyr mask terminal, painted in colours with a figural panel, set n a ground scattered with mythical beasts and cornucopia, 12 ¼" (31.1cm) high, painted cockerel mark and monogrammed initials, (a/f)