A Naples (Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea) inkwell, c.1780, the drum form well painted with a reclining

A Naples (Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea) inkwell, c.1780, the drum form well painted with a reclining Classical figure and two others in a continuous landscape, the flared foot with a narrow lilac ribbon border on a gold ground, incised X mark, 5cm high.

The figures on this piece likely derive from wall paintings at Herculaneum or Pompeii, illustrated in 'Le Antichita di Ercolano Esposte', published between 1757 and 1792.