URBINO, WORKSHOP OF FLAMINIO OR ORAZIO FONTANA... Lot 41

URBINO, WORKSHOP OF FLAMINIO OR ORAZIO FONTANA (circa 1570) Rare earthenware wine jug in the form of a satyr shuttle. Rich polychrome decoration of grotesque scrolls on a white background, the grip in the form of a satyr topped with a scroll of acanthus, hands and legs clasped at the back of the jug holding vine branches. The spout is supported by a grotesque mask whose beard in acanthus leaf embraces the body. Oval pedestal with a frieze of ovals. Urbino, 16th century, circa 1570 Height : 14,6 cm - Length : 25 cm Width : 11,6 cm (accidents and restorations) PROVENANCE - collection of 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, the seventh Earl Waldegrave, Robbins sale, London, 25 April - 21 May 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. COMPARATIVE By its shape and decoration, this rare piece is to be compared with the wine refreshment cabinet probably made for Cosme I de Médicis, Grand Duke of Tuscany, now in the Wallace Collection (N° INV-C107). This refreshment chest is signed by Flaminio Fontana and dated 1574.