Set of 6 dessert plates Carte from Zogo

The amusing decoration of the line "Crate da Zogo" by Geminiano Cozzi Venice 1765 summarizes the social life of the 18th century, when Venice saw the flourishing of an extremely high number of gambling halls and casinos, places of leisure where the bourgeoisie and the aristocracy met without distinction of rank

The rare yellow background decoration of this plate service è adorned with red and black seeded playing cards scattered over much of the surface along with mutilolored diurnal butterflies in flight.