Ecuelle cover
Category
Ceramics
Date
1785 - 1800
Materials
Porcelain
Measurements
157 mm (Dia)
Order this imageCollection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 1270592.2
Summary
A separate cover for a circular bowl/ecuelle, with a gilt griffin finial and reserved with animals and birds in oval dark brown panels, with gilt rings and vine pattern, probably Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea (Royal Factory of Ferdinand IV), Naples, Italy. It was made at the porcelain factory of the Bourbon King of Naples, Ferdinand IV, who also owned the ancient Roman sites of Pompeii and Herculaneum, the excavations of which proved so inspirational to neoclassical designers.
Marks and inscriptions
Inside cover : Historic NT Inventory Number: Shug/C/145