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A Faenza maiolica two-handled tray, Ferniani manufactory, second half of the 18th century

Lot Closed

March 26, 02:58 PM GMT

Estimate

800 - 1,200 EUR

Lot Details

Description

painted in the centre with a vase of flowers, flanked by two putti and cornucopiae, surrounded by a Bérainesque frame of scrolls, foliage, and diapered panels, the pie-crust border highlighted with mottled powdered manganese, and the handles accented with a cabochon set between scrolls


50.6 cm, 20 in. wide

Related Literature:

J. E. Poole, Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1995, p. 272, no. 347.

C. Ravanelli Guidotti, La Fabbrica Ferniani, Milan, 2009, pp. 163, no. 3, p. 164, fig. 3.