A Vienna pale yellow-ground part tête-à-tête with rare views of Italy, circa 1802

A Vienna pale yellow-ground part tête-à-tête with rare views of Italy, circa 1802 Reserved with titled views of Italy within a tooled gilt cartouche, the rims with a tooled gilt foliate border, comprising: an oval tray, a hot water jug and cover, a milk jug and cover, an oval footed bowl, a cup and saucer, and another cup and saucer with similar decoration, the tray: 46.8cm long; the hot water jug: 12.8cm high, shield marks in underglaze-blue, impressed date numerals 802, 800, 801 and 99, various impressed painter's numerals, 'Bossierer' numeral for Anton Payer, collector's numerals 43.-48. in iron-red (some damage to the jugs and one saucer) (10) Footnotes: The views depicted are: The tray - Vue de la ville de Florence The hot water jug - la Maison d'Horace The milk jug - Pont moderne de Narni The cups - Maison de Campagne d'Adrien and Vue de la Rocca Imperiale The saucers - Paysage sur le Garigliano and Vue de Castel Rozette The two scenes on the matching cup and saucer with similar decoration ( Vue de la Rocca Imperiale and Vue de Castel Rozette ) are both based on engravings by Desprez and Chastelet illustrating 'Voyage Pittoresque ou déscription des Royaumes de Naples et de Sicilie' by St Non, published in Paris between 1781-85. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com