Lot 28: LEONARD LIMOSIN (CIRCA 1505 - 1575/1577), 1548 TAZZA WITH THE COAT OF ARMS OF CASTILE AND LEON 7½ in. (19 cm.) diameter; 5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) high

LEONARD LIMOSIN (CIRCA 1505 - 1575/1577), 1548
TAZZA WITH THE COAT OF ARMS OF CASTILE AND LEON
Parcel-gilt polychrome enamel; signed with initials 'LL' in a gilt cartouche to the underside of the bowl; the bowl with two coats of arms supported by putti and with cartouche below dated '1548'; the underside of the foot with paper labels inscribed '3263', 'No 1360/ G de R', 'Brnne/ de Rothschild',' F. 103' and 'EXPOSITION LONDRES 1932/ Robert de Rothschild' and with red ink inscription 'E R'
7½ in. (19 cm.) diameter; 5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) high

Collection Mme de La Sayette, Poitiers, sold 24-25 April 1860, no. 153, together with lot 27 (11,200 francs).
Collection Benjamin-Eugène Norzy, sold Paris, 12-13 February 1864, together with lot 27 (10,650 francs).
Baron James de Rothschild (1792-1868), and by descent to
Baron Gustave de Rothschild (1829-1911), recorded in the Hôtel de Marigny, Paris, in 1912, and by descent to the present owner.