Flamingo Bedside Table

Michele De Lucchi, Memphis, Milan, Italy

1984

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The castle Falkenstein was built about 1120.
Slightly convex, open shape. The exterior is matte black with faint line impressions, creating a swirl effect with the base's bottom as the center of the swirl. The dish's interior is glazed and has a dark green cast. The glaze is smooth and even.
Bust in profile left.
Creamware, Queen's-shape dinner plate enameled in rose-purple with a border of husk festoons and botanical flowers in the well, the "Husk" pattern as supplied to the Empress Catherine II of Russia in 1770.