LARGE TRAY, SHOWER, GINORI MANUFACTURE, 1740-1745 CIRCA in shaped circular majolica painted in blue monochrome with a decoration of oriental inspiration. The motif used here is identified by critics as the "Dutch style" or "Berrein style" decoration, as used by Moustier, as indicated in the contract signed in 1740 between Carlo Ginori and Nicole Letourneau, a ceramist from Nevers, for the production of majolica; diam. cm 35,3, h. cm 3,4. cm 3,4 A LARGE GINORI TRAY, DOCCIA, CIRCA 1740-1745 Comparative bibliography L. Ginori Lisci, G. Liverani, Maioliche settecentesche della Manifattura Ginori, in 'Faenza', XLI, 1955, p. 77 (passim); G. Turchi (edited by), Le maioliche di Doccia, Pisa 2007, p. 20, p. 67 n. 6 "RTF to HTML .Net".

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