A LARGE PORTUGUESE MAJOLICA TROMPE L'OEIL DISH

IMPRESSED F.F.C.R. MONOGRAM FOR RAFAEL BORDALO PINHEIRO, CALDAS DA RAINHA, CIRCA 1890

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A LARGE PORTUGUESE MAJOLICA TROMPE L'OEIL DISH
IMPRESSED F.F.C.R. MONOGRAM FOR RAFAEL BORDALO PINHEIRO, CALDAS DA RAINHA, CIRCA 1890
Modelled as a large lobster resting in a turquoise charger
17½ in. (44.3 cm.) diameter

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See Pinheiro, p. 82, fig. 149 for a similarly composed large dish, Prato com Lagosta dated 1896.

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