Grande piatto Savona, Manifattura Ferro, verso... Lot n° 46

Majolica. Brand: falcon with letter "F" in manganese. Diameter 35 cm. A felatura; restorations and chipping at the edge The pictorial decoration, executed in a rapid manner, depicts birds perched among shrubs emerging from a clod and butterflies in flight. This motif, typical of eighteenth-century Savona production known as "a bird and parsley", is inspired by oriental porcelain. For several majolica pieces of this type compare for example A.Cameirana, Antica maiolica savonese, Principe Arimberto Boncompagni Ludovisi Collection, Exhibition Catalogue, Savona April-June 1990, pp. 80-87