Antica manifattura napoletana Giovanni Mollic... Lot n° 20

Ancient Neapolitan Manufacture Giovanni Mollica (Naples 1842) - Large majolica plate, depicting Adoration of the Golden Calf by the Jews during the absence of Moses, 20th century Diameter cm 73 On the edges decorations in the Neo-Renaissance style with grotesques and winged dragons. Old Neapolitan manufacturer Giovanni Mollica, formerly a ceramist at the Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea, founded by Mollicas in 1842, becoming in the late 1800s one of the most important manufactures in the manufacture of Maioliche; in the first half of the 1920s the young Giuseppe Macedonio collaborated, and in 1927 the factory purchased some molds from Guido Cacciapuoti and put them into production. In 1930 Carlo Mollica modernized production by making interesting works whose mark used is a crowned M, instead of the crowned N of Capodimonte. On the edges decorations in the neo-Renaissance style with grotesques and winged dragons. Old Neapolitan manufactory Giovanni Mollica, formerly a potter at the Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea, founded by Mollicas in 1842, becoming in the late 1800s one of the most important manufactures in the manufacture of Maioliche; in the first half of the 1920s the young Giuseppe Macedonio collaborated, and in 1927 the Fabbrica purchased some molds from Guido Cacciapuoti and put them into production. In 1930 Carlo Mollica modernized production by making interesting works whose mark used was a crowned M, instead of the crowned N of Capodimonte.