[411] [409] [410] 410 AMPHORA OF FAIENCE OF DERUTA ITALIAN, 16TH CENTURY Globular, with sloping neck. On molded foot; scrolled handles, the exterior painted with palmette gadroons, acanthus, two large lozenges, groups of roses and the inscription ORELIA. The enamels of metallic lustre in golden-yellow and blue on white. Height, 12 inches Compare « La Collection Spitzer », Paris, 1892, vol. 4, p. 75, Nos. 199 to 200B. From the Spitzer legacies. [SEE ILLUSTRATION] 411 ALBARELLO OF MAJOLICA OF FAENZA ITALIAN, LATE 15TH CENTURY Cylindrical, slightly compressed in the centre; decorated with bands of flowered volutes and foliations in blue, orange-yellow and green enamels on a white ground. Border patterns and lines of blue. The rim repaired and chipped. Height, 13 inches Illustrated and described in « La Collection Spitzer », Paris, 1892, vol. 4, p. 23, No. 15. SALE, PARIS, 1893, CATALOGUE NUMBER 1048. [SEE ILLUSTRATION] 166
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