Each piece painted with a different male or female peasant in a landscape, in a subdued palette composed of olive green, yellow ochre, cobalt blue and manganese brown. In this example, on the cup a woman is depicted kneeling at a fountain, dated 1763, 5.4cm, and on the saucer a man is depicted carrying a basket on a stick, 12.5cm.
Categories: Ceramics | European Ceramics at Burghley | Exhibitions | The Travelling Earls & the Grand Tour |
A set of nine Castelli coffee cups and five saucers, dated 1763.
REFERENCE: CER0715
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