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A rare Vienna pale-yellow-ground part tête-à-tête with views of Italy, circa 1802 image 1
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A rare Vienna pale-yellow-ground part tête-à-tête with views of Italy, circa 1802 image 3
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A rare Vienna pale-yellow-ground part tête-à-tête with views of Italy, circa 1802

4 July 2024, 12:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A rare Vienna pale-yellow-ground part tête-à-tête with views of Italy, circa 1802

Reserved with titled views of Italy within a tooled gilt cartouche, the rims with a tooled gilt foliate border, comprising: an oval tray, a hot water jug and cover, a milk jug and cover, an oval footed bowl, a cup and saucer, and another cup and saucer with similar decoration, the tray: 46.8cm long; the hot water jug: 12.8cm high, shield marks in underglaze-blue, impressed date numerals 802, 800, 801 and 99, various impressed painter's numerals, 'Bossierer' numeral for Anton Payer, collector's numerals 43.-48. in iron-red (some damage to the jugs and one saucer) (10)

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The views depicted are:

The tray - Vue de la ville de Florence
The hot water jug - la Maison d'Horace
The milk jug - Pont moderne de Narni
The cups - Maison de Campagne d'Adrien and Vue de la Rocca Imperiale
The saucers - Paysage sur le Garigliano and Vue de Castel Rozette

The two scenes on the matching cup and saucer with similar decoration (Vue de la Rocca Imperiale and Vue de Castel Rozette) are both based on engravings by Desprez and Chastelet illustrating 'Voyage Pittoresque ou déscription des Royaumes de Naples et de Sicilie' by St Non, published in Paris between 1781-85.

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