Italian Armorial Maiolica Albarello Circa.1700 Pixie Century Italian Neo-Classical pen and

Century Italian Neo-Classical pen and ink drawing

he came from a family of architects

Benjamin Robert Haydon 1786-1846

and another entitled 'Petite Vue d'Hollande'

Published as the Act directs March 8th

Italian Armorial Maiolica Albarello Circa.1700 Pixie Century Italian Neo-Classical pen andA lovely Italian maiolica armorial albarello, probably Venice, late 17th early 18th century, of dumbbell form, painted to the waisted centre with a scroll inscribed 'BENEDETTA LAX', above an armorial crest framed in yellow and blue with scrollwork and painted with a tree flanked by the letters 'D' and 'I', the rest of the body painted in blue with berried foliage, height 20cm (minor restoration and faults). Benedicta (Benedetta) laxativa is a laxative