A SPANISH 'ZULOAGA WARE' GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE CYLINDRICAL LIDDED BOX
BY M. ALVAREZ, TOLEDO, SPAIN, 19TH CENTURY
On four short cusped feet rising through a slightly waisted body with four rounded bosses to flaring rim, the slightly inset rim with a stepped domed lid with rounded knop, decorated with bands of geometry, pseudo-calligraphic cartouches and swirling arabesques, the bosses with fine stellar motifs, the interior of the lid with an old inventory number in red 'Sp. 958', the underside signed 'M. ALVAREZ/ TOLEDO' and with a partially erased inventory number on white ground 'EX 95'
6 ¼ in. (16cm.) high; 4 in. (10 cm.) diameter
A SPANISH 'ZULOAGA WARE' GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE CYLINDRICAL LIDDED BOX
BY M. ALVAREZ, TOLEDO, SPAIN, 19TH CENTURY
On four short cusped feet rising through a slightly waisted body with four rounded bosses to flaring rim, the slightly inset rim with a stepped domed lid with rounded knop, decorated with bands of geometry, pseudo-calligraphic cartouches and swirling arabesques, the bosses with fine stellar motifs, the interior of the lid with an old inventory number in red 'Sp. 958', the underside signed 'M. ALVAREZ/ TOLEDO' and with a partially erased inventory number on white ground 'EX 95'
6 ¼ in. (16cm.) high; 4 in. (10 cm.) diameter