Painted in black on the red clay with classical figures within variant scroll and fretwork borders in imitation of Greek red-figure vase painting, comprising:
Two compotes
A square dish
Three plates
Five smaller plates
Together with a Del Vecchio miniature tazza
9⁵⁄₈ in. (24.4 cm.) diameter, the plates

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Presenting well overall; some scratches, wear, small chips and crazing throughout, consistent with age and handling. Further condition details and dimensions enumerated below:

Two compotes-- 9¹⁄₄ in. (23.5 cm.) diameter; some slight overfiring to scattered areas of the central scene at each; each apparently previously with two handles, now missing, the undersides of the bowls each with four oval glaze gaps where the handles attached; two hairline cracks to the compote painted with a lady and a youth, one (approx. 1¹⁄₂ in.) from the rim at the 9 o'clock position and the other (approx. 2 in. long) from the rim at 11:30
A square dish-- 7⁷⁄₈ in. (20 cm.) long; a hairline (approx. 4¹⁄₂ in. long) vertically along the right side of the central scene, branching into a T-shape with a horizontal hairline (2¹⁄₂ in. wide) across part of the central scene, not visible from the front; the two lobes at the lower corners each with a repaired chip (approx. ³⁄₄ in. long) at its rim
Three plates-- a repaired crack (approx. 1³⁄₄ in.) to the plate with Hercules and the Nemean lion, from the rim at the 4:30 position; the plate with a youth and a lady restored at the rim, between 5 o'clock and 7 o'clock
Five smaller plates-- 8³⁄₈ in. (21.3 cm.) diameter; the plate painted with Pegasus repaired at its rim between 11 o'clock and 1 o'clock, its underside with seven 'staples' as part of the repair (not visible from the front); a repaired crack to the plate with a lady holding a vase, from the rim at 11 o'clock across the well; a chip (approx. ³⁄₄ in.) to the underside rim of the plate with two satyrs, under the 7:30 position; a repaired chip (approx. ¹⁄₂ in.) to the rim of the plate with a bearded man and a youth, at the 7 o'clock position
Together with a Del Vecchio miniature tazza-- 4¹⁄₈ in. (10.5 cm.) wide, over handles; the handle on the left side previously broken off and reattached

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