CIRCA 1790, IRON-RED F.P.I TO FOOTRIM, INCISED 8 (?)

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A Naples (Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea) plate
Circa 1790, iron-red F.P.I to footrim, incised 8 (?)
The centre painted with five scantily clad putti by a tree before a large purple drape in a mountainous wooded landscape, one kneeling down blind-folded, another holding a snake, the border with two matt gilt bands with bright gilt husks enclosing six lilac rectangular panels divided by six smaller Antique black panels with orange figures, within a gilt band and dentil rim (slight wear to enamels at centre, minute wear to gilding of border and rim)
9¾ in. (24.8 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

A coffee-can and saucer with related decoration is illustrated by Angela Caròla-Perrotti, Le Porcellane Dei Borbone Di Napoli, Capodimonte e Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea 1743-1806 (Naples, 1986), p. 422, no. 347. The border of the saucer has similar oval Antique panels dividing rectangular panels and the centre is painted with a scene possibly derived from an engraving of a Roman wall painting discovered at Herculaneum.

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