1790-1805, BLUE CROWNED N MARKS TO MOST PIECES

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A NAPLES (REAL FABBRICA FERDINANDEA) PART COFFEE SERVICE
1790-1805, blue crowned N marks to most pieces
Painted with various birds on branches and in landscapes, the shapes of the serving pieces based on Antique models, comprising:
A coffee-pot with the spout as the head of a bull opposing the head of a man in Egyptian headdress, a cover as a cobra, 8¾in. (22.3cm.) high
A footed sugar-bowl and cover, 4 5/8in. (11.7cm.) high
Twelve cylindrical cups and ten saucers, 2 5/16in. (5.8cm.) high, the cups, 5 1/8in. (13cm.) diam., the saucers
With original case lined in ice-blue silk, the cover applied with a copper medallion initialled D.T. C.F.

拍品專文

See Angela Caròla-Perrotti, et al., Le Porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli, Naples, 1986, no. 386 for a sugar-bowl and cover of similar form to the present example, showing the eagle finial here lacking (only its talons remain); also no. 390 for a part service decorated with similar birds. According to Angela Caròla-Perrotti, this decoration is based on images found in The Ladies Amusement, a source also used at Capodimonte. Inventories made at the time the factory closed note over 276 sheets of such designs in poor condition due to use.