Live Auction 1113The Opulent Eye - 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe
A NORTH ITALIAN POLYCHROME-DECORATED MAIOLICA MIRROR
Lot 104 THE PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION

A NORTH ITALIAN POLYCHROME-DECORATED MAIOLICA MIRROR

SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY LE NOVE DI BASSANO

Closed14 March 2013

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GBP 16,250

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A NORTH ITALIAN POLYCHROME-DECORATED MAIOLICA MIRROR
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY LE NOVE DI BASSANO
The rectangular plate within a foliate moulded surround decorated in relief with floral sprays and shaped trellis reserves, the angles with cabochon claps, within a pierced C-scroll surround, the pierced shell cresting with mythical mask and upswept foliage
55½ x 48½ in. (141 x 123 cm.)

Sotheby's, London, 7 December 2005, lot 141, where acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

One of the first maiolica factories in the Venetian mainland was a workshop established in 1728 by Giovanni Battista Antonibon in Nove, near Bassano. Following the factory's subsequent expansion by Giovanni Battista's son, Pasquale, and the arrival of competing workshops, Nove became an important centre for ceramic production in the region. During the nineteenth century, ceramic manufacturing was among the few industries that prospered despite the economic decline of the region, and today it remains one of the main centres of Italian ceramic production (See Giovanni Favero,'Old and New Ceramics Manufacturers, Products, and Markets in the Venetian Republic in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries,' At the Centre of the Old World: Trade and Manufacturing in Venice and the Venetian Mainland 1400-1800, ed. Paola Lanaro, 2006, pp. 271-316).