Live Auction 9366Important French and Continental Furniture, Porcelain
A FAENZE (FERNIANI) PORTABLE BREAKFAST SET IN SIX SECTIONS
Lot 135

A FAENZE (FERNIANI) PORTABLE BREAKFAST SET IN SIX SECTIONS

CIRCA 1760

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A FAENZE (FERNIANI) PORTABLE BREAKFAST SET IN SIX SECTIONS
Circa 1760
Painted with flowering shrubs and grasses beside fences and rockwork within red diaper-pattern borders, comprising: a circular two-handled shallow footed bowl and an inverted saucer-shaped cover forming a stand, containing a small plate, surmounted by a two-handled bowl, cover and liner, the liner of stepped form and containing two depressions for eggs flanked by two leaf-shaped depressions for salt, the domed cover with a ball finial
10¼in. (26cm.) high, overall (6)

The Property of a Gentleman; Christie's, London, 24 February 1997, lot 169

Specialist note

A similar example is in the Musei del Castello, Milan, see Giovanni Conti, L'Arte della Maiolica in Italia, 1980, no. 562 and for an incomplete example in the Victoria and Albert Museum see Oreste Ferrari and Guiseppe Scavizzi, Maioliche Seicento e Settecento, 1965, p. 52.