1760-1800, Italian Faenza soup plate, Ferniani factory, decorated in the Japanese style.
Notes:
This design is based upon a Japanese Arita original and was developed in the Ferniani factory in Faenza from 1760. A similar plate is illustrated in Wilson, Timothy, 'Italian Maiolica and Europe' (Ashmolean Museum Oxford, 2017), p. 307, pl. 148; There is a plate in the Ashmolean Museum of near identical design, accession number WA2014.4 from the Barrett bequest.
Details:
• Date: 1760-1800
• Dimensions: Plate decorated in the centre with flowering carnations in a fenced garden, the cavetto with four floral-cartouches against a diaper ground, the rim with flower sprays; Dimensions. Diameter: 23.4cm. (9 1/4 in.)
• Condition: Good antique condition, no chips, cracks, damage or repairs.
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