FOUR FORKS WITH POLYCHROME PORCELAIN HANDLES, GINORI SHOWER MANUFACTURE, CIRCA 1760 with handle in the form of a pistol grip with oriental-style flower decoration; wear and tear, a few defects, minor restoration Length 19.2 cm FOUR FORKS WITH SHOWER PORCELAIN HANDLES, CIRCA 1760; WORN, SOME DEFECTS, A MINOR RESTORATION (4) These cutlery items (perhaps the 'Detti (manichi) da coltello ordinari alla chinese' of the factory papers, Ginori Lisci, op, cit, p. 308) appear en suite, in terms of the decoration and mould of the handles, with the series of twelve forks and knives now in Villa Pignatelli in Naples (invv. 356-367). The ensemble was published by Livia Frescobaldi in 2019 (AA.VV., La collezione del polo museale della Campania, in 'Quaderni di Doccia', Florence 2029, card 47 pp. 97-98, also for other similar examples in public collections) with a date between 1760 and 1780. But see also d'Agliano in Baroque Luxury Porcelain, exhibition catalogue, Wien 2005, no. 149, pp. 312; 313.