Details
Painted after Roman wall paintings with mythological scenes named in iron red script below, divided by panels with gilt foliage, comprising: an oval two-handled tray on four feet, a small amphora shaped coffee-pot and cover, a baluster milk-jug and cover, a cylindrical sugar-box and a cover and a coffee-can and saucer
1234 in. (32.5 cm.) wide, the tray
Provenance
Possibly acquired by Lady Charlotte Schreiber (1812-1895), formerly Guest,
thence by descent to the present owner.
FURTHER DETAILS
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Lot Essay

A tray of similar form with dolphin handles is illustrated by Angela Caròla-Perrotti, Le Porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, December 1986 – April 1987 Exhibition Catalogue, Naples, 1986, p. 467, no. 416.

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