183. Oval tray with Neapolitan topographical decoration, Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea, circa 1790 A Naples, Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea, oval topographical tray, circa 1790 Painted with a view of Palermo harbour, title in red at the bottom of the rim 'Il Porto di Palermo e Monte Pellecrino', enclosed by a band of gilt floral motifs between gilt bands and a band of dots around the gilt-edged rim, 33.6cm across, incised S (restored chip to edge of rim) Provenance Italian Private Collection A very similar tray decorated with a view of Naples is illustrated by A. Caròla-Perrotti, Le Porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli, Capodimonte e Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea, 1743-1806 (1986), plate LXXX.