A  Faenza  Plate  (Casa  Pirota) — 9I  in.  diam.  The  wide  flat  rim
is  painted  with  Cherubs,  cornucopias,  dolphins  and  scroll
foliage,  in  shades  of  blue  on  dark  blue  ground  ;  the  centre
slightly  sunk,  painted  with  a  foliage  rosette  in  blue  on
yellow  and  buff  ground,  a  band  of  bianco-sopra-azzuro  round
the  well.    ;^ii5  105.
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A  Pair  of  Urbino  Pharmacy- Jars — 7^  in.  high.  With  cyUndrical
centres,  globular  necks  and  bases,  painted  in  colours  with
the  Return  of  the  Spies  and  Amorini  in  a  landscape.  From
the  Spitzer  Collection,  1893.  £6^.
A  Pair  of  Urbino  Boat-shaped  Saltcellars — 8  in.  high,  8  in.  wide.
The  sides  are  painted  with  flying  Cupids  and  modelled  with
masks  in  relief ;  at  each  end  is  seated  a  figure  of  a  child,
in  full  relief,  holding  a  shell ;  the  receptacle  for  the  salt
painted  with  Cupids.   From  the  Spitzer  Collection,  1893.  £/[2..
A  Caffaggiolo,  or  Siena  Dish — 9^  in.  diam.  The  deeply-sunk
centre  painted  with  Cupid  holding  a  bow  and  arrow,  stand-
ing in  a  chariot  drawn  by  two  Amorini,  in  pale  blue  and
green  on  siena  ground  ;  the  well  decorated  with  a  formal
design  in  bianco-sopra-bianco.  The  wide  rim  nearly  flat,
painted  with  musical  trophies,  dolphins,  birds,  a  caryatid
bust,  cornucopiae  and  flowers,  in  pale  blue,  green,  yellow
and  siena  on  dark  blue  ground.  From  the  Spitzer  Collection,
1893.  ;^735.
A  Castel-Durante  Dish — 9  in.  diam.  With  deep  centre,  painted
with  a  male  head  wearing  a  grotesque  helmet,  in  grisaille
on  dark  blue  ground  ;  the  rim  nearly  flat,  decorated  with
winged  masks,  gryphons'  heads,  arabesques  and  fruit,  in
grisaille  on  dark  blue  ground.    See  Illustration.  £i'26.
