Edoardo Ettore Forti Pompeian figures painted terracotta diameter 37 cm - in frame 52x52 cm Signed bottom right: E. Forti. Within a quadrangular frame in black lacquered wood. Edoardo Ettore Forti is the author of neo-Pompeian genre paintings, active in Rome between the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. His painting is entirely focused on the reproduction of ancient settings in the wake of the success achieved by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) after the discoveries in Pompeii

White porcelain dinner set with floral decoration in Cassian purple composed of: 4 oval trays with mixed-line edge 48.5 x 35 x 5 cm, 2 round serving trays with mixed-line edge 40 x 6 cm, 2 oval-shaped gravy boats with double handle 22 x 18 x 8 cm, 24 bowls with mixtilinear edge diameter 23 x 4.3 cm. 48 mixed broth knife plates diameter 25 x 3 cm, 24 dessert plates 21 x 2.5 cm, 1 round ice cream maker 24.5 x 9 cm, 1 oval shaped tureen with lid made of intertwined branches and leaf handles 25 x 37 x 22 cm, pair of centerpiece figures of him and her holding a gravy boat 19 x 30 x 18 cm Pieces 108 Meissen manufacture