Majolica sea horse sweetmeat dish

Victorian, circa 1890. 4.5ins high by 7ins wide. Majolica sweetmeat dish, modeled as a grey mythological sea horse (hippocampus) with a shell shaped dish resting on its back. Ground naturalistically molded to look like waves. Turquoise glaze to shell interior.







Ochre glaze to underside



with green painted mark.

Condition

Fair. No cracks. No hairlines. Chip to rim of dish



and base by right hoof.



Flaking to hooves,





ears,



mane,





tip of tail,



base









and rim of dish.





Kiln effect: uneven glaze application to interior of dish



and horse.





Old restoration of right hoof



and small part of tail at top.


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