A pair Italian black earthenware vases and covers, Scirullo di Albisola Factory first quarter 19th century

each with an acanthus leaf cast cover with an acorn finial, above a body with two snake handles cast with a vitruvian scroll frieze and anthemion band, above a circular base with egg and dart motifs

Comparative Literature:
Guiseppe Morazzoni, La Maiolica Antica Ligure, Milan, fig. 145, for a very closely related example.

The model of the present vases is loosely inspired on Roman models made towards the late 18^th century, see Alvar Gonzalez Palacios, Il Tempio del Gusto, Roma e il Regno delle Due Sicilie, Milan, 1984, p. 106, fig. 222, which illustrates a very similar model at the Galleria dei Candelabri, Vatican Museum, Rome and which also inspired Benedetto Boschetti later on for some of his creations.