A Montelupo charger c.1630-50

A Montelupo charger c.1630-50, brightly painted in a simple palette of ochre, green, blue and manganese with a soldier in striped costume resting a rifle over his right shoulder, against a bright yellow sky, the underside with three manganese bands, a 2cm surface chip, 31cm.

Cf. Giuseppe Scavizzi, Maiolica, Delft and Faïence, pl.20 for a similar example in the V&A, and Fausto Berti, La Maiolica de Montelupo, cat. nos. 110-111 and 122 for other similar examples.