PLATE GOYESQUE SCENE

Berain Style – 1750

Berain lace in blue on the wing and a polychrome country scene on the solero, with two musicians and two couples dancing under a curtained tree, and a figure asleep in the foreground. In the background landscape, other characters on foot and on horseback, probably soldiers. On the reverse, mark 46, surely referring to the painter of the central scene.

PLATE NEPTUNE AND AMPHITRITE

Berain Style 1750

The central scene represents the triumph of Neptune and Amphitrite, his wife, sailing the sea in a shell pulled by two horses. At the feet of the main figures, a child and a merman. According to Alexius Feit, the engraving on which this scene is inspired is published in 1625 by Vincenzo Cartari within the work “Le imagini de i dei degli antichi”.

The wing of the plate has the typical Berain style lace.

SALVER with the scene SUZANNE IN THE BATH

Berain Style 1727 – 1737

Susana in the bathroom, or Susana and the old men. In the scene appears the young caste bathing, being spied on by two old men. Borders on the edge, foot and surrounding the central scene. Signed by Cristóbal Rocafort (Rocafort piesas), one of the main painters of the Royal Factory.
This is one of the most represented scenes in the Renaissance and Baroque, highlighting the paintings by Tintoretto (1577, Museum of Art History, Vienna), Paolo Veronés (c.1580, Prado Museum, Madrid) or Rembrandt (1647, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin).
According to Alexius Feit, the scene of this salvilla is inspired by the engraving by Claude Duflos, dated around 1720. Other Alcora pieces with the same theme are known, such as a plate and an ornamental plaque, both in the Museu del Disseny de Barcelona.

ALBARELO or APOTHECARY JAR

Piper Longum

Berain Style 1745

Cylindrical body with narrowing at the mouth and foot. Decoration in chiaroscuro blue, with two human figures playing the flute flanking the cartouche, lower figurehead and upper radiated circle that frames the date (1745).
Piper Longu can be read on the cartouche. (long pepper) once used for its medicinal properties for stomach problems, rheumatism, colds and flu, etc.
It comes from the old Félix Boix Collection.

VINEGAR CRUET HOLDER

Berain Style 1730-1750

It has two main holes for oil and vinegar, and two smaller diameter holes for salt and pepper. Decorated with a border of Berain lace under the rim, and other more schematic details in the same style.

MANCERINA

Berain Style 1730-1750

Mancerina in the shape of a scallop with openwork central well. On the plate, the Berain style lace alternates with busts and gussets filled with red stripes. A monstrous or imaginary animal appears to be represented in the knot or umbo of the shell.

DISH

Berain Style 1727-1750 

Dish oval bowl with a smooth edge. In earthenware with a white cover and cobalt blue decoration with an elaborate Berain lace around the edge. In the center, two rampant lions hold a shield. In the upper part of the shield two scrolls with a horse in the center. It is possibly a custom piece.

ALCORA

ca. 1727-1737

ALCORA

ca. 1727-1750

SPICE BOX

Berain Style 1727-1750

In the form of an oblong box divided into three spaces, in this case without a lid. Four small claws make up the feet at the bottom. The blue on white enamel decoration features Berain-style lacework.