A Pair of 19thC Italian School Oil & Tempura on Canvas Studies of Roses poa-item the work has wear expected

the work has wear expected and commensurate with its age

Early versions which successfully slipped the legal net included the bagatelle

Origin: South African

Examples of advertising figures from the late nineteenth century are more commonly found as tobacconist figures and they are usually of carved wood and thus this stoneware example would have been very expensive to make at the time

There is a crack to the centre running through the middle which doesn’t appear to have affected the stability of the piece

A Pair of 19thC Italian School Oil & Tempura on Canvas Studies of Roses poa-item the work has wear expectedOrigin: Italian, Umbria District Period: Macchiaioli Provenance: Formerly of the Collection Pietro Vitali, Foligno Date: c. 1850 70 The Works: 10 wide x 14 high & 9. 5 wide x 13 high In Frames: 14 wide x 18 high x 1. 5 deep & 13 wide x 17 high x 1. 25 deep Painted in oils and tempura on canvas and presented in their original moulded and gilded frames, the pair of works, of slightly differing sizes, depicting bunches of red roses each tied with green