A Pair of 19thC Italian School Oil & Tempura on Canvas Studies of Roses poa-item The mythical element is particularly

The mythical element is particularly interesting

Origin: South African

Examples of advertising figures from the late nineteenth century are more commonly found as tobacconist figures and they are usually of carved wood and thus this stoneware example would have been very expensive to make at the time

the work has wear expected and commensurate with its age

A Pair of 19thC Italian School Oil & Tempura on Canvas Studies of Roses poa-item The mythical element is particularlyOrigin: Italian, Umbria District Period: Macchiaioli Provenance: Formerly of the Collection Pietro Vitali, Foligno Date: c. 1850 70 The Works: 10 wide x 14 high & 9. 5 wide x 13 high In Frames: 14 wide x 18 high x 1. 5 deep & 13 wide x 17 high x 1. 25 deep Painted in oils and tempura on canvas and presented in their original moulded and gilded frames, the pair of works, of slightly differing sizes, depicting bunches of red roses each tied with green