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Italian Della Robbia majolica pottery bust of young boy. The circa 1920's bust has an attached plinth that is decorated with hand painted garlands of fruit that encircle the base. There is light flaking glaze along the top rim. Signed underneath with the Cantagalli Pottery Florence, Italy rooster or magic cockerel mark. Measures 12.3 inches high x 10.5 inches wide. Della Robbia style terracottas. Ulisse Cantagalli (1839-1901) was fascinated by the Italian pottery made during the Renaissance. He had a natural talent and it was easy for him to revive the old techniques. He was also a very intuitive businessman and he knew that Renaissance style pottery was very popular. Even more so the bas-reliefs of blue and white glazed terracotta with religious characters in the style of Della Robbia. Cantagalli and his potters - Romeo Pazzini (1852-1942) is the most relevant one - studied and reinterpreted the works by Luca, Andrea e Giovanni Della Robbia to adjust them to the contemporary artistic taste. The glazed terracottas with the portrait of the Holy Mary molded by Andrea Della Robbia were their main source of inspiration, both for the subject and for the technique.