AN ITALIAN CREAM-COLORED EARTHENWARE FOOTED TRAY CIRCA 1800-10

probably Del Vecchio, finely painted in the center with the scene of 'Angelica e Medoro', titled on the tree trunk and the pedestal, surrounded by neoclassical borders of foliate and beaded bands, affixed with hog's head tripod feet.  

The tray is in good condition apart from some very minor and occasional flakings to the black enamel along the rim edges and some very minor scratching to the enamels in Angelica's body. There is some minor firing-related speckling to body to the underside of the rim, which is not visible from the exterior.
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Provenance:

Collection of Placido de Sangro, Duca di Martina (1829-1881), Naples
Collection of Placido de Sangro, Conte dei Marsi, nephew of Placido de Sangro, Duca di Martina, Naples, inherited in 1891
Collection of Duchess Laura Avati di S. Pietro, niece of Placido de Sangro, Naples, inherited circa 1911, and thence by decent