Stand from the Herculaneum Service

DecoratorProbably Giacomo Milani (Italian, active mid-late 18th century)

DecoratorProbably Antonio Cioffi (Italian, active mid-late 18th century)

Manufacturer Royal Porcelain Factory, Naples (Naples, Italy, 1771 - 1806)

Dateca. 1780-1782

MediumPorcelain with enamels and gilding

DimensionsOverall: 7 3/4 inches (19.7 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: Lillian M. Diveley Fund

Object number2026.10

InscribedIn red on reverse: "MUS. ERCOL./SERIE DI PITT./FANCIULLO, CHE LOTTA/CON UN CAPRONE."

MarkingsIn red on reverse: Crowned "FRF" mark

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DescriptionOval body with a landscape scene on recto of a putto tugging the horns of a goat, within a molded foliate scroll and beaded border reserved with four gilt-tooled vignettes of birdsExhibition History

Exhibition History

“European and Asian Works of Art,” Matthew Barton, Ltd., London, 25 Blythe Road, England, May 24–26, 2016

Published References

Domenico Venuti. Spegazione d’un servicio da tavola dipinto e modellato in porcellana nella Real Fabbrica di Sua Maestà il Re delle Due Sicilie sopra la serie de’ Vasi, e Pittore esistenti nel Real Museo Ercolaneo per uso di S.M.C. (Vincenzo Flauto,1782).

Angela Caròla-Perrotti, ed. Le Porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli. Capodimonte e Real Fabbrice Ferdinandea, 1743–1806, exh. cat. (Naples: Museo Archeologico Nazionale/Guide Editori, 1986): 330.

Matthew Barton, Ltd. European and Asian Works of Art, Including Islamic, Indian, Himalayan, and South East Asian Works of Art…Wednesday 25^th May 2016 (London: Matthew Barton, Ltd., 2016): lot 28, p. 7 (ill.)

Sotheby’s Milan. An Italian Collecting Journey—Chapter II: The Online Sale, 16–26 March 2026, lot 380 (https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2026/an-italian-collecting-journey-chapter-ii-the-online-sale/a-rare-naples-real-fabbrica-ferdinandea-porcelain; accessed 4/3/2026) (ill.)

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