Ewer and Plate

19th century

An ewer and plate (Italian, 19th century) composed of brightly colored faience with luster glaze. The yellow spout of the ewer is in the form of a bearded face and the scrolled handle resembles a serpent, a geometric design decorates the shoulder, the upper part of the body is painted with a band of griffins holding heraldic shields and scrolling foliage against a white ground, the lower part of the body is gadrooned and leads to the pedestal base ending in a circular foot. The underplate is decorated around the rim with a large band of figures flanking heraldic shields surrounded by scrolling foliage against a dark blue ground, the central reserve is white.

Italian

tin-glazed earthenware (faience)

.a (ewer) = 16" x 9.5" x 7.25"

.b (plate) = dia. 12"

Bequest of Mrs. Gwendolen E. Rives, 1973.

PSNC.4620a-b