Antique Italian pottery majolica baluster bowl with Renaissance sea monster dolphin handles

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Antique Italian majolica bowl or small planter of baluster oval body, raised on a pedestal foot. Cobalt blue ground with orange borders and beige and brown scrolling design; on one side of the bowl there is a green shield depicting a slithering serpent. The bowl has two figural handles in the shape of dolphins which are depicted as sea monsters in Renaissance style.

Made in Italy, c. 1870's.

388 g
9 cm tall to rim
11.5 cm tall to handle
10 x 15.5 cm across the top
5.5 x 7.5 cm across the base
21 cm handle to handle

Good antique condition. Some nicks and chips to glaze; chips to noses of dolphins that have been overpainted; cracks to both dolphins and repair to one.

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Antique Italian majolica bowl or small planter of baluster oval body, raised on a pedestal foot. Cobalt blue ground with orange borders and beige and brown scrolling design; on one side of the bowl there is a green shield depicting a slithering serpent. The bowl has two figural handles in the shape of dolphins which are depicted as sea monsters in Renaissance style.

Made in Italy, c. 1870's.

388 g
9 cm tall to rim
11.5 cm tall to handle
10 x 15.5 cm across the top
5.5 x 7.5 cm across the base
21 cm handle to handle

Good antique condition. Some nicks and chips to glaze; chips to noses of dolphins that have been overpainted; cracks to both dolphins and repair to one.

Antique Italian majolica bowl or small planter of baluster oval body, raised on a pedestal foot. Cobalt blue ground with orange borders and beige and brown scrolling design; on one side of the bowl there is a green shield depicting a slithering serpent. The bowl has two figural handles in the shape of dolphins which are depicted as sea monsters in Renaissance style.

Made in Italy, c. 1870's.

388 g
9 cm tall to rim
11.5 cm tall to handle
10 x 15.5 cm across the top
5.5 x 7.5 cm across the base
21 cm handle to handle

Good antique condition. Some nicks and chips to glaze; chips to noses of dolphins that have been overpainted; cracks to both dolphins and repair to one.

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