Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 28th February 2017
Lot 288
A Naples (Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea) figure of a lady c.1790
Estimate £1,200 - £1,500
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Description
A Naples (Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea) figure of a lady c.1790, wearing a tall plumed bonnet and with her hands concealed in a fur muff, 17cm.
Cf. Angela Carola Perrotti, Le Porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli, pp.524-527 for a discussion on this type of figure, where the author suggests that this type of dessert figure nearly always had a satirical meaning.