A PORTUGUESE MAJOLICA TROMPE L'OEIL DISH
A PORTUGUESE MAJOLICA TROMPE L'OEIL DISH

IMPRESSED F.F.C.R. MONOGRAM MARK FOR RAFAEL BORDALO PINHEIRO, CALDAS DA RAINHA AND 25, CIRCA 1902

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A PORTUGUESE MAJOLICA TROMPE L'OEIL DISH
IMPRESSED F.F.C.R. MONOGRAM MARK FOR RAFAEL BORDALO PINHEIRO, CALDAS DA RAINHA AND 25, CIRCA 1902
Modelled as a kelp-lined soft basket of fish suspended from a nail head in a circular charger
17¾in. (45 cm.) diameter

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See Pinheiro, p. 90, fig. 178 for a similar dish illustrating a catch of the day, titled Prato com Alcofa com Peixes e Folhas de Couve.
Also see p. 17, for a photograph of Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro in his atelier 'Fábrica de Faianças das Caldas Da Rainha' modelling a 'Jarra Cunha Vasco'. Also see Katz, Portuguese, p. 100, fig. 138.

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