From Spode's Archives is this lovely pink/red floral plate in the Caramanian pattern.   Taken from Luigi Mayer's  book 'Views in the Ottoman Empire, chiefly in Caramania' (pub.1803), this scene shows 'Sarcophagi and Sepulchres at the Head of the Harbour at Cacamo'.  Each shape in the original 1810-15 series by Spode has a different view, but all share an exotic border of palms, elephants and rhinoceros, together with other 'eastern' vignettes.  It has a unique octagonal shape with a miniature scallop rim.

Luigi Mayer (1755-1803) was a painter of German and Italian descent. He was born in Rome, was a pupil of well-known engraver J.B. Piranesi and worked for Ferdinand, King of Naples, creating paintings of the antiquities of Sicily. Later on, probably from 1776, he was in Istanbul and formed part of the circle of Sir. R. Ainslie, ambassador of Britain to the Sublime Gate (1776-1792). From then onwards, the ambassador financed Mayer's journeys so that the artist would draw and depict sights in the Ottoman empire and in particular the antiquities.

  

Measures: Appx 9 3/4”
Condition: No chips cracks or crazing

Made in England

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