Lot Details
Lot 71
Manuel Mafra Portuguese Palissy Ware Trompe L'Oeil Circular Charger
Circa 1900
Naturalistically modeled with a large snake and gaping lizard, the mossy frit ground applied with a beetle and a large moth, within a mottled brown rim, the footrim pierced for hanging, impressed crowned uppercase mark, CALDAS, PORTUGAL and incised 4. Diameter 12 inches.
C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Sold for $1,512 (includes buyer's premium)
Additional Notes & Condition Report
presents well, clever professional restoration to the torso and jaw of the large lizard, the overpaint extending to the snake's side, additional restoration to a section of the rim and underside beneath the beetle (approx. 4 in.), possibly due to multiple rim chips, examined under blacklight
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