A RUBY COPPER-LUSTRE CANTAGALLI POTTERY JUG
Ulisse Cantagalli, Florence, Italy, 19th century

Of bulbous shape, resting on a short straight foot, rising to a gently widening neck and curved S-shaped handle to the side, painted in ruby lustre pigment on white ground, decorated on two registers with the same dense scrolling vegetal motifs surrounding four-petal rosettes, the handle painted in solid ruby-lustre, the Cantagalli rooster mark to the base along with the number 11, 19cm high.