A Faenza faience coffeepot and cover and an octagonal table centrepiece tray, Ferniani factory, second quarter of the 18th century
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September 25, 05:46 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
each with manganese ground decorated in blue, the cone-shaped coffeepot with side handle, decorated with a bust of a nobleman within a cartouche beneath an espagnolette; the tray with three moulded medallions, painted with a triton and a nereid flanked by mythological figures, within arabesques, masks and scrollwork, with eight concave recesses, raised on eight ball feet
coffeepot 25 cm, 9 ⅞ in. high
tray 45,7 x 40,9 cm, 18 x 16 ⅛ in.
Pandolfini, Florence, 27 November 2014, lot 142.
The Ottoman-inspired conical form of the coffee pot with its side handle is rare. Only one other coffeepot of identical shape and similar decoration is known, preserved in the Museo Internazionale della Ceramica, Faenza (inv. no. 1103), painted in the same contrasting palette of blue with a purple-manganese ground. A complete service of this type, though decorated in imitation of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain, was published by C. Ravanelli Guidotti (2009, no. 14) and appeared in the Finarte Milan sale of the Villa Prinetti collection, 15–17 October 1993, lot 240.
Related Literature
C. Ravanelli Guidotti, La Fabbrica Ferniani, Milan, 2009, pp. 50-51, 162-163, 176-177, no. 14.
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