A Capodimonte model of an eagle Circa 1755, blue fleur-de-lys mark
Modelled by Guiseppe Gricci, turned to the right, with brown plumage, light-yellow eyes and beak and yellow legs and feet, one foot resting on its prey, perched on a white rockwork base
2¾in. (6cm.) high
Lot Essay
Cf. Angela Caròla-Perrotti, op. cit. (1986), p. 230, no. 172.