Grande plaque armoriée rectangulaire de Faenza, atelier de Ferniani, circa 1740

A large Faenza maiolica rectangular armorial plaque, Ferniani's factory, circa 1740

With curved corners, painted with the Madonna Immaculata flanked by putti above the arms of Ferniani, all within a blue line border, twice pierced at the top for hanging, 31.3cm x 22cm (bottom of plaque restuck, chips to reverse)
Footnotes:
Provenance
Private collection, Modena

Literature
G. Liverani, Maioliche settecentesche dell'Emilia Romagna, 1981, pl. 13 and front cover

The bottom section of the plaque broke off in one piece and is cleanly restuck (across the top of the arms); it is professionally restored (some overpainting along repair and spray residue visible under UV light).
There is a broad flat chip to the reverse of the top edge of the plaque (6cm wide, max. depth 2cm); of which only a smaller area (1.5cm wide, max depth 4mm) is visible from the front (above and slightly to the left of the left-hand hole at the top of the rim).
There is another flat chip to the reverse edge of the top rim on the right corner (seen from the front), 3.5cm x 1.2cm (of which only a narrow, flat chip is visible from the front).
There is a third flat chip to the reverse edge of the rim (at the top of the right side when seen from the front): approx. 6cm x 3cm (of which a very shallow 1cm chip is just visible from the front).
Otherwise in good condition.