63. Rare assiette napolitaine, Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea, du service Farnese, circa 1784-88 A rare Naples, Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea plate, from the Farnese service, circa 1784-88 En suite with the previous lots, painted in the centre with a circular view titled Ingresso della Grotta di Pausilippo in iron-red on the reverse, within a gilt foliate border, the rim with four oval cameo medallions inscribed 'MVSEO FARNESIANO' within gilt laurel wreaths against a green ribbon entwined with gilt foliage, gilt-edged rim, 25.6cm diam., crowned FRF monograms in iron-red, incised marks (minor wear) Provenance Giuseppe Beccadelli, Marchese di Sambuca (1726-1813); Private European Collection since the 1980s, thence by descent to the present owner Literature A. Caròla-Perrotti, La Porcellana Della Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea (1771-1806), Naples, 1978, TAV. XXXII-XXXV; A. Caròla-Perrotti, Le Porcellane Dei Borbone Di Napoli, Capodimonte E Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea 1743-1806, Naples, 1986, pp. 376-380; A. Caròla-Perrotti, 'The Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea (1771-1806)', Andreina d'Agliano (ed.), Italian porcelain in the Lokar collection, Milan, 2013, pp. 239-246; Acton, I Borboni di Napoli, 1734-1825, Florence, 1997, pp. 195-196, 202, 210, 217-224 For further information, please refer to the footnote of lot 425