RARE ANTIQUE M.MAFRA PALISSY WARE MAJOLICA EWER WITH COVER AND STAND C 1870
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Please check out my other items ! A GORGEOUS AND RARE PALISSY WARE MAJOLICA EWER WITH COVER AND STAND. MADE IN CALDAS DA RAINHA BY THE CELEBRATED PORTUGUESE CERAMICIST, MANUEL CIPRIANO GOMES (OTHERWISE KNOWN AS MANUEL MAFRA) AROUND 1870. MAFRA WAS THE FIRST POTTER TO REVIVE THE POTTERY OF BERNARD PALISSY, WHICH HE IMBUED WITH HIS OWN STYLE. THIS TYPE OF WARE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY COPIED BY OTHER PORTUGUESE POTTERS. THE STAND AND THE EWER ARE IMPRESSED TO THE BASE WITH M MAFRA, CALDAS, PORTUGAL' BENEATH A CROWN. THIS MARK WAS IN USE BETWEEN THE EARLY 1860s AND 1887. THIS HIGHLY DESIRABLE AND HUGELY IMPRESSIVE EWER IS COVERED IN SHREDDED "MOSS" AND IS APPLIED WITH THREE BEAUTIFULLY MODELED LIZARDS AND A LARGER LIZARD HANDLE. THERE IS ALSO A TOAD/FROG AND A TURTLE. THE COVER HAS A TOAD/FROG FINIAL. Max Height 12" (31cm) STAND DIAMETER 7.5" (19cm) ALL APPROX IN VERY GOOD CONDITION FOR IT'S AGE, OTHER THAN THE TOAD FINIAL, HAS A COUPLE OF CHIPS. AND THERE IS AN ORIGINAL FIRING CRACK INSIDE THE COVER, TOGETHER WITH A SMALL AREA OF FLAKING ALSO INSIDE THE COVER.SOME MINOR AGE RELATED LOSS IN PLACES TO THE "MOSS", AND AN OTHER ORIGINAL FIRING CRACK TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE BASE.(PLEASE VIEW THE PICTURES FOR MORE DETAIL)
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