Florentine Terracotta of Montelupo Storage Jar c.1780

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Florentine Terracotta of Montelupo Storage Jar c.1780An organically formed terracotta olive oil storage jar from Montelupo, Florence c. 1780. This smooth jar has two shaped handles and inner dark glazing. The patination of time visible on its lichen dappled surface and superb texture. In remarkable original condition. This particular Tuscan terracotta is produced in Montelupo, an ancient town on the outskirts of Florence. The earliest known examples date to c. 1720 50 and were produced to ship Italian

This superb piece could be used not only as a fountain in your garden

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on either the modern chain seen here

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a type of messenger spirit

With stunning variable patina and elemental distressing to its’ convex glass surface and time worn patination to the white and red metal frame

held by curved decorated arms above a stepped serpentine front base with two pairs of long drawers on bracket feet

A model that rarely surfaces to the market

Primitive folk-art furniture at its best

With residual gesso remnants over a sectional lime wood base

particularly those from Pompeii and Herculaneum which had been unearthed after being buried under the destructive might of Vesuvius in 79 AD