A documentary Naples, Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea, circular box and cover, circa 1773-1780
The exterior undecorated, the inside cover finely painted by Francesco Rossi, signed F.R. in puce on the inside rim, with a putto seated in a landscape blowing bubbles, a clay pot beside him, 3.5cm high, 6.7cm diam. (2)
Literature:
A. Caròla-Perrotti, Le Porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli (1986), no. 551
Rossi appears in the manufactory's staff lists between 1745 and 1780 at a salary of 15 ducats, the same as that of Giacomo Milani and Antonio Cioffi (see A. Caròla-Perrotti, op.cit., p. 558).
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The exterior undecorated, the inside cover finely painted by Francesco Rossi, signed F.R. in puce on the inside rim, with a putto seated in a landscape blowing bubbles, a clay pot beside him, 3.5cm high, 6.7cm diam. (2)
Literature:
A. Caròla-Perrotti, Le Porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli (1986), no. 551
Rossi appears in the manufactory's staff lists between 1745 and 1780 at a salary of 15 ducats, the same as that of Giacomo Milani and Antonio Cioffi (see A. Caròla-Perrotti, op.cit., p. 558).
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