Alves Majolica Palissy pig toothpick holder

Victorian, circa 1890. 3.5ins high, 5.9ins wide, 3.7ins depth.

Antonio Alves Cunha Portuguese Palissy Majolica toothpick holder which features a pig eating from a trough.

Colouration: brown, green, yellow, are predominant.

The piece bears maker's marks for the Antonio Alves Cunha pottery.

Book reference not found.

Condition

CONDITION: Good. Some small flakes to the rim of the trough and upper base edge.

KILN EFFECTS: glaze run to the brown glaze;

a few shrinkage cracks and staining to the interior of the trough.

RESTORATION: Tail remodelled.

Filled chip to two corners of trough.