Decorated in the Greek style with classically-dressed figures reserved on an iron-red ground between bands of stripes and key patterns, the tureens and bottle coolers raised on three paw feet and with lions-head handles, comprising:

Two tureens and covers with seated sphinx finials
Three bottle coolers
Two oval platters
Two large circular platters
Two smaller circular platters
Two two-handled bowls
Fifteen soup plates
Thirty-four dinner plates
19 in. (48.2 cm.) high, the tureens and covers

Anonymous sale; Franco Semenzato, Rome, 5 October 1988, lot 99.

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For two plates in this same pattern, identified as Del Vecchio, G. Donatone, La terraglia napoletana (1782-1860), Napoli, 1991, pl. 186. Our thanks to Dr. Carmine Romano for his assistance in helping to identify this service.

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Scattered overall wear to the decoration, stacking wear, crazing (stained in some places) and some small chips to rims and foot rims, additional dimensions and condition notes listed below:

Two tureens and covers with seated sphinx finials, 19 in. (48.2 cm.) high - One cover with a hairline crack to rim (approx. 2 in. long).
One tureen with several short hairline cracks to rim. The other tureen with a loss to the decoration on the underside.

Three bottle coolers, 11 in. (27.9 cm.) high - One with a short hairline crack to rim. One with a large loss to decoration on the underside.

Two two-handled bowls, 11 in. (27.9 cm.) wide - One broken in several pieces and restored. The other with a large chip to one side with a hairline crack extending from it (approx 1¹⁄₂ in.) and a smaller chip on the opposite side with a shorter hairline crack extending from it (approx. 1 in.).

Thirty-four plates, 9¹⁄₂ in. (24.1 cm.) diameter - All with some losses to the decoration, a few more extensive than the others. One broken in half and restored; one with a large crescent-shaped restored break to rim; two with restored cracks to rims. Seven with a few larger rim chips. Fifteen with smaller chips and several hairline cracks to rims - ranging from approx. 1/2 inch to 3 inches long.

Two oval platters, 14 in. (35.5 cm.) long - Each with a few rim chips and some losses to the decoration. One with two long restored cracks.

Fifteen soup plates, 9¹⁄₂ in. (24.1 cm.) diameter - A few with larger chips to rims; one with a restored hairline crack to rim; one with a star crack to the well.

Two large circular platters, 14 in. (35.5 cm.) diameter - Each with some surface scratches; one with a long restored crack to rim (approx. 6 inches) and another curving line to rim (approx. 4 inches); the other with a short hairline crack to rim (approx. 1 inch).

Two circular platters, 12¹⁄₄ in. (31.1 cm.) diameter - Each with some surface scratches; one with a large chip to rim, possibly from an old restoration, and another re-glued rim chip to the opposite side.

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