£1,625
Auction: Design Since 1860
with Glasgow style script, inscribed ECCO LA BEFFANA, signed lower right J HERBERT MACNAIR 1905, bearing inscription verso TWELFTH NIGHT 1905, WITH BEST WISHES/ FROM HERBERT & FRANCES MACNAIR
Note: In Italian folklore, Befana is an elderly woman who delivers gifts to children throughout Italy on Epiphany Eve in a similar way to St. Nicholas or Santa Claus. A popular belief is that her name derives from the Feast of Epiphany