Lot Details
Lot 1134
Group of Majolica Animal-Form Pitchers
Circa 1880-1910
Comprising an Orchies Barbotine squirrel-form example, impressed AE and 3, black painted 11, modeled nibbling a brown nut on a branch, height 9 inches;; an Orchies Barbotine cat-form open mouth example, impressed Z/3, black painted 57, modeled seated wearing a pink bow tie and purple jacket, playing a mandolin, height 9 1/8 inches; and an Orchies Barbotine sheep-dog form open mouth example, impressed H/2 raised C and F, black painted 5, modeled as a wet black and white shaggy dog in a wooden barrel, height 9 1/2 inches.
Provenance of Squirrel-Form Pitcher:
Margaret Parshall Collection No. 290 (paper label).
Reference (Squirrel-Form Pitcher):
Pierre Faveton, Les Barbotines, p. 43.
Literature (Cat-Form Open Mouth Pitcher):
Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 185.
Reference (Cat-Form Open Mouth Pitcher):
Pierre Faveton, Les Barbotines, p. 43.
Provenance of Sheep-Dog Form Open Mouth Pitcher:
Strawser Auctions, Hatfield, PA, 26 October 2002, auction ID 021026.
C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection
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