CIRCA 1800-1806, IRON RED CROWNED N MARKS AND INCISED LETTERS TO THE CUP

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A NAPLES (REAL FABBRICA FERDINANDEA) PORCELAIN COFFEE-CUP AND SAUCER
CIRCA 1800-1806, IRON RED CROWNED N MARKS AND INCISED LETTERS TO THE CUP
Painted with silhouette portrait medallions, probably Ferdinand IV of Naples (1751-1825) and his wife Maria Carolina of Austria (1752-1814), on a puce ground
The saucer - 5 ½ in. (14 cm.) diameter

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Lot Essay

For a similar cup and saucer see Angela Caròla-Perrotti et al., Le Porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli, Capodimonte e Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea, 1743-1806, Exhibition Catalogue, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Napoli (Naples, 1986), p.578, no. 569.

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