1760-1800, Italian Faenza Soup Plate, Ferniani Factory, Decorated in the Japanese Style

1760-1800, Italian Faenza soup plate, Ferniani factory, decorated in the Japanese style.

Plate decorated in the centre with flowering carnations in a fenced garden, the cavetto with four floral-cartouches against a diaper ground, the rim with flower sprays.
Notes:
This design is based upon a Japanese Arita original and was developed in the Ferniani factory in Faenza from 1760. A similar plate is illustrated in Wilson, Timothy, ‘Italian Maiolica and Europe’ (Ashmolean Museum Oxford, 2017), p. 307, pl. 148; There is a plate in the Ashmolean Museum of near identical design, accession number WA2014.4 from the Barrett bequest.

Date: 1760-1800
Dimensions. Diameter: 24cm. (9,5in.)
Condition: Good antique condition, no chips, cracks, damage or repairs. (The photos are also part of the description so please take a good look)