CERAMIC LEGUME BOWL, CUBA VIEW. SARGADELOS, SPAIN, 19TH CENTURY
Antiques - Miscellaneus / Ceramic
Reference: ZF1370A
Vegetable bowl with lid, Morro Castle of Havana, Cuba. Earthenware. Sargadelos, 19th century. It has minor flaws. A legume bowl with handles and a lid depicting a landscape identified by text (Castillo del Morro in Havana, Cuba), enhanced by a decorative border that extends over the rim and continues (in relief, not pigmented) along the handles. The base is also decorated. The lid features a raised flower as a finial and a series of decorative borders in a tone that matches the rest of the piece. Antonio Raimundo Ibáñez, Marquis of Sargadelos, founded the Royal Sargadelos Pottery Factory in Cervo, Lugo province, at the beginning of the 19th century. The view on this piece belongs to the Series of Views of Cuba, which were used in the factory as early as 1848.
· Size: 34x26x18 cms
500 €