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URBINO, ATELIER DE FLAMINIO OU ORAZIO FONTANA (VERS 1570)
Rare earthenware wine pourer in the form of a satyr shuttle. Richly decorated in polychrome with grotesque scrolls on a white background, the handle is in the shape of a satyr topped with an acanthus scroll, his hands and paws clasped at the back of the jug holding vine branches. The spout is supported by a grotesque mask whose acanthus-leaf beard embraces the body. Oval pedestal with ovoid frieze. Urbino, 16th century, circa 1570.
Height: 14.6 cm - Length: 25 cm
Width: 11.6 cm (Damage and restoration)
PROVENANCE
- Horace Walpole (1717 - 1797), 4th Earl of Orford, Strawberry Hill (Middlesex), then by descent.
- Collection of Joä, sixth Earl Waldegrave (1785 - 1846), then by descent.
- Sale of George, seventh Earl Waldegrave, Robbins sale, London, April 25 - May 21, 1842, lot 91 [sold to W.M. Smith].
- Hollingworth Magniac Collection, Colworth Manor, Bedfordshire. Then by descent.
- Christie's London sale, July 2-4, 1892, lot 491.
- French private collection.
COMPARISON
In terms of form and decoration, this rare piece should be compared with the wine cooler probably made for Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, now in the Wallace Collection (N° INV-C107). This wine cooler is signed by Flaminio Fontana and dated 1574.
Rare earthenware wine pourer in the form of a satyr shuttle. Richly decorated in polychrome with grotesque scrolls on a white background, the handle is in the shape of a satyr topped with an acanthus scroll, his hands and paws clasped at the back of the jug holding vine branches. The spout is supported by a grotesque mask whose acanthus-leaf beard embraces the body. Oval pedestal with ovoid frieze. Urbino, 16th century, circa 1570.
Height: 14.6 cm - Length: 25 cm
Width: 11.6 cm (Damage and restoration)
PROVENANCE
- Horace Walpole (1717 - 1797), 4th Earl of Orford, Strawberry Hill (Middlesex), then by descent.
- Collection of Joä, sixth Earl Waldegrave (1785 - 1846), then by descent.
- Sale of George, seventh Earl Waldegrave, Robbins sale, London, April 25 - May 21, 1842, lot 91 [sold to W.M. Smith].
- Hollingworth Magniac Collection, Colworth Manor, Bedfordshire. Then by descent.
- Christie's London sale, July 2-4, 1892, lot 491.
- French private collection.
COMPARISON
In terms of form and decoration, this rare piece should be compared with the wine cooler probably made for Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, now in the Wallace Collection (N° INV-C107). This wine cooler is signed by Flaminio Fontana and dated 1574.