Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Gilt Rare Seashell Plates, Conchyliorum Pattern, Set of Six Plates

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Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Gilt Rare Seashell Plates,
Conchyliorum Pattern,
Set of Six Plates
1950s

The set of plates with a … Read more Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Gilt Rare Seashell Plates,
Conchyliorum Pattern,
Set of Six Plates
1950s

The set of plates with a gilt ground and each is beautifully decorated with a different large named seashell in black and white.

The named seashells include Buccina Tortilla,  Rhombus Stryatus, Buccinum Magnum, Pecten Variegatus, Buccinum Horridum, Pectuntulus Adriaticus.

Dimensions: 10 1/4 inches diameter x 1 inch high. (26.04cm diameter).

Mark:  Each with the typical paintbrush and hand above FORNASETTI. Milano an a seashell with the name of the pattern CONCHYLIORUM below.  All over a green undermark with a crown and H & Co.  Below a gold 4 over 11.  The green under-mark for Heinrich & Co. Selb Bavaria.

Reference: Fornasetti: The Complete Universe, Barnaba Fornasetti, Page 609, #141, for three from a set of six, 1950s.

(Ref: NY8821-2/NUAR) See less