Lot Essay
Cf. Hugh Tait, op. cit., p. 88, Nos. 139 and 143, for two related forms, and the example sold in these Rooms on the 9th February 1982, lot 356.
17TH CENTURY, LOW COUNTRIES OR VENICE
Details
A faon de Venise serpent-stemmed drinking vessel
17th Century, Low Countries or Venice
The honeycomb-moulded shallow bowl supported on a merese, the entwined wrythen-moulded serpent stem enclosing opaque threads and with lattimo raspberry-prunt terminals, above a short plain section, on a conical foot (chip to one prunt, repair to upper part of stem)
5½ in. (14 cm.) high
17th Century, Low Countries or Venice
The honeycomb-moulded shallow bowl supported on a merese, the entwined wrythen-moulded serpent stem enclosing opaque threads and with lattimo raspberry-prunt terminals, above a short plain section, on a conical foot (chip to one prunt, repair to upper part of stem)
5½ in. (14 cm.) high