Giacomo Brogi Photograph of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, c.1870

Giacomo Brogi Photograph of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, c.1870A striking sepia albumen or carbon print photograph of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, attributed to Giacomo Brogi, the renowned Florentine photographer whose studio produced some of the finest architectural and topographical images of 19th century Italy. The image captures the tower in detail its tiered arcaded galleries, the unmistakable lean, and the surrounding Piazza dei Miracoli bathed in that particular luminous quality characteristic of Brogi's

Burleigh - Burgess & Leigh of Burslem

produced both for local ceremony and for the growing export and tourist trade

particularly among the floral motifs

involving two entirely different clay types cast in a single mould - a process considered technically impossible by conventional standards

sandy beige

and four candle platforms

hanging bracket

A classic vintage glass flower frog

The octagonal form features the characteristic deep cobalt-to-white bleed of the flow blue process

Dimensions: 150mm wide including handle

Lovely vintage mirror with shell motifs in relief

where Keeling traded as successors to the Mayer family from 1886 onward