A pair of Italian (Fabbrica Fratelli Minardi) faïence busts of children late 19th/early 20th...

A pair of Italian (Fabbrica Fratelli Minardi) faïence busts of children late 19th/early 20th century, one of a boy, with head turned and smiling, the other of a girl wearing a bonnet, looking shyly down, both white-glazed and raised on tall tapering square bases, MF monogram marks, some damages to the bases, 36.5cm. (2)

Virginio and Venturino Minardi opened a studio in Faenza in 1899. Prior to this, both had worked at the Cantagalli factory and were influenced by what they learnt during this time.