Italian Armorial Maiolica Albarello Circa.1700 Pixie concentrating on studies of male

concentrating on studies of male figures

and another entitled 'Petite Vue d'Hollande'

Slight dust staining upper left

sculptor and engraver

Studio stamp to reverse with inventory number 1266/9

Italian Armorial Maiolica Albarello Circa.1700 Pixie concentrating on studies of maleA lovely Italian maiolica armorial albarello, probably Venice, late 17th early 18th century, of dumbbell form, painted to the waisted centre with a scroll inscribed 'BENEDETTA LAX', above an armorial crest framed in yellow and blue with scrollwork and painted with a tree flanked by the letters 'D' and 'I', the rest of the body painted in blue with berried foliage, height 20cm (minor restoration and faults). Benedicta (Benedetta) laxativa is a laxative