Lot 30
A 19th century Italian Doccia teapot
Auction: 27 September 2006 at 12:00 BST
£455
Description
of globular form, the cover decorated with relief putti, the body decorated to each side with classical landscape scene depicting nude women bathing, the scrolling handle and dragon form spout highlighted in gilt
Dimensions
21cm high
Footnote
For a similar example at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, see plate 451, Alessandre Mottola Molfino 'L'Arte delle Porcellene in Italia' published by Bramante, 1976