Antique 19th Century Pair Early Cantagalli Majolica Istoriato Plates Italy 1880 Sold 25" diameter

25" diameter

Antique Egyptian Revival Art Deco enameled 800 grade silver gilt cloisonne enamel box

the doors enclose four original 'boomerang' shaped shelves

cream and pink

Antique 19th Century Pair Early Cantagalli Majolica Istoriato Plates Italy 1880 Sold 25" diameterA fine and early pair of antique Italian Cantagalli maiolica (majolica) hand painted Istoriato plates, Florence, Italy, circa 1880. This very fine pair of plates decorated in the Istoriato style, first popularized in the Italian Renaissance of the early 1500s. Each plate with a scalloped rim, and each finely hand painted with putti in landscape scenes. One with a putto playing a drum with a cityscape to the background, the other with a winged putto