Shallow Dish with Putti in Relief
c. 1786
Artists
Description
Black basaltes with figures of putti in relief; engine turned decoration inside and out. Silvered copper band with toothed edge set into rim.
Dimensions
4.6 cm x 19.7 cm diam. (1 13/16 x 7 3/4 in.)
Provenance
[Frederick Rathbone, London], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, NY, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943
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