The trompe-l’œïl ceramics were enormously successful in all European manufacturers of the eighteenth century. Large cabbages, pumpkins, lemons, artichokes, bunches of asparagus alongside turkeys, hens and partridges were used to decorate the festive tables. The two Milanese factories are certainly among the most skilled producers of fine “deception” majolica, as the pieces in this collection also demonstrate.