Melody a Della Robbia Pottery plaque designed by Ellen Mary Rope, painted by Marianne de Caluwé,

Melody a Della Robbia Pottery plaque designed by Ellen Mary Rope, painted by Marianne de Caluwé, rectangular, cast in low relief with three musicians playing, standing by a tree, whilst eight others rest, in colours, signed in the cast E M Rope, painted marks to reverse, broken and restored, 49 x 30cm (plaque)

Provenance

Private collection of tiles.

Literature

The Studio, Volume13, 1898, page 190 for a comparable plaque titled 'Melody' and designed by Miss Rope, illustrated.