Italian, Lodi, Ferretti's factory, circa 1750

of shaped oval form, painted in the centre with a pike with light and dark brown scales, surrounded by delicately painted polychrome floral sprays spreading along the rim

Sotheby's Florence, 11th October, 1972, lot 119;
Christie's London, 22nd June, 1992, lot 267.

A good Lodi faience dish, Ferretti's factory, circa 1750 There are minor glaze chips to rim and some specking to glaze, but overall in very good condition.
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For another Lodi faience fish dish see Levy, (op. cit., Milan, 1962, pl. XXIII). See also Maioliche di Lodi, Milano e Pavia, Museo Poldi Pezzoli, 1964, pl. 109, where a dish of similar form and subject is attributed to the smaller rival Coppellotti factory.

RELATED LITERATURE
S. Levy, Maioliche Settecentesche Lombarde e Venete, Milan, 1962, pl. XXIII; Maioliche di Lodi, Milano e Pavia, cat. Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Florence, 1964, pl. 109