A ‘gran fuoco’ ‘Bianco di Faenza’ tin-glazed earthenware majolica salt cellar - A ‘gran...

A ‘gran fuoco’ ‘Bianco di Faenza’ tin-glazed earthenware majolica salt cellar

Provenance

Italian collection

Literature

• C. Ravanelli Guidotti, Bianchi di Faenza, Ferrara, 1996, p.262.
• J. Giacomotti, Catalog des majoliques des Musées Nationaux, Paris, 1974, no. 1178, p.400.

Detail Description

A ‘gran fuoco’ ‘Bianco di Faenza’ tin-glazed earthenware majolica salt cellar, moulded with ram head terminals and scrolls, decorated in the so-called compendiary style, the rim painted with flowers in blue, yellow and orange. Firing hole under the base. Faenza, Italy, ca. 1560.

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