Friday, June 15, 2018

Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Fish Appetizer Hors D'oeuvre Tray,
Pesces,
The early 1960s.



The rare & beautiful hors d'oeuvre dishes and tray consists of an image of a fish displayed on four separate dishes placed in their original gold-toned metal tray.

Dimensions: 
The Tray measures  19 1/2 inches long x 6 inches wide x 1 inch high ( 49.5 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm).
 Each dish: 5 5/8 inches long 4 1/4 inches wide x  1 1/4 inches high ( 14.3 x 10.7 x 3.1 cm).

Reference: Fornasetti: The Complete Universe, Edited by Barnaba Fornasetti, Illustration-Page 594-595, #108, Pesces (Fish), tray with four appetizer bowls, early 1960's.

Fornasetti: Designer of Dreams, Patrick Mauries, Page 264 for illustration os the same form and design.

Saturday, June 9, 2018

Coalport Porcelain Yellow-ground Wine Coolers.

Coalport Porcelain Yellow-ground Wine Coolers, 
Earl's Monogram,
Circa 1810.


Each of the circular yellow-ground porcelain wine coolers has a polychrome scrolling foliate and urn band above a crest of an Earl with a crown above a monogram of interlaced KA, all on a yellow ground.


Dimensions: Height 6 1/4 inches, diameter 9 1/2 inches.

The monogram is seemingly made up of the letters K and A under an Earl’s coronet. It may represent either a single individual with both initials or the Christian names of a married couple.
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