Literature:
Guido Donatone, " La terraglia napoletana (1781-1860)", ill.77
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The unconventional use of animals as a decorative element in small "studio" furnishings derives from the late eighteenth-century Ferdinand taste.
The stylistic characteristics of the two figures must be dated to a period subsequent to the first decade of the 19th century, to which it is usually referred in publications dedicated to the famous mask