Glass Icebox Or Cooler. Buen Retiro (madrid, Spain), Circa 1784-1803.

Glass icebox or icebox. With marks on the base. White paste. Royal Porcelain Factory of Buen Retiro (Madrid, Spain), circa 1784-1803.
A piece of soft paste with wavy edges used to hold the stems of glasses and cool them when filling the container with ice or a similar product. On the outside, it has two handles shaped like plant elements and small reliefs on the facades (also enhanced with gilding) that frame floral bouquets with colored leaves. This piece may belong to the second or intermediate period of the Royal Porcelain Factory of Buen Retiro in Madrid, established in the Spanish capital from 1760 and thanks to Charles III; this stage corresponds to the "controls" of Charles Scheppers and Philip Gricci, and continues the Italian influence, adding a relationship with other currents (English, Saxon).
Weight: 2225 grs - Dimensions: 33x19x13 cm