A 19TH CENTURY ITALIAN WHIMSICAL PORCELAIN COVERED CUP AND UNDERPLATE BY RICHARD GINORI, THE FINIAL DEPICTING A NEWBORN SWAN EMERGING FROM ITS SHELL, ON A BED OF REEDS, DECORATED OVERALL WITH SWANS IN A LANDSCAPE, ALL ON A TEXTURED, UNDULATING WATERY SURFACE.
Naples, Italy, circa 1870’s-1880’s.

Height: 5 1/2” (top of finial)
Diameter: 8 5/8" (underplate)

$980