COUPLE OF TRAYS, SHOWER, GINORI MANUFACTURE, 1740-1745 CIRCA in painted majolica in blue monochrome of circular shape with shallow cavetto, oblique and short brim, rounded rim. At the centre of the cavetto there is an aristocratic emblem surmounted by a marquis crown topped by four florins alternated with twelve pearls arranged three by three in four pyramidal groups; below the crown there is a quartered coat of arms: at first and fourth interbedded in band with star band and lion recoil; at second and third counter framed with eight-pointed star and six-peaked mountain; the emblem is surrounded by cartouche with ribbons and garlands. This is the decoration called "with noble coats of arms" in the manufacture; diam. cm 35,8 and cm 35,3, h. cm 4,2 and cm 4,7 A PAIR OF GINORI TRAYS, DOCCIA, CIRCA 1740-1745 Comparative bibliography G. Turchi (ed.), Le maioliche di Doccia, Pisa 2007, p. 34, p. 69 n. 20 (with Ginori-Ricasoli coat of arms) "RTF to HTML .Net".