Lot Essay
For a full discussion of this type of decoration at Capodimonte, see Angela Caròla-Perrotti, op. cit., 1986, pp. 130-134.
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CIRCA 1747-52, BLUE FLEUR DE LYS MARK
Details
A CAPODIMONTE (CARLO III) TEAPOT AND COVER
CIRCA 1747-52, BLUE FLEUR DE LYS MARK
Of globular form, gilded in the style of the Seuter Workshop at Augsburg with hunters and hounds flanked by trees in landscape vignettes on scroll and trelliswork supports, the scroll-moulded spout and handle richly gilt, the domed cover with birds perched on branches below a conical gilt finial (slight chip to tip of spout, rim and footrim of cover)
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) high
CIRCA 1747-52, BLUE FLEUR DE LYS MARK
Of globular form, gilded in the style of the Seuter Workshop at Augsburg with hunters and hounds flanked by trees in landscape vignettes on scroll and trelliswork supports, the scroll-moulded spout and handle richly gilt, the domed cover with birds perched on branches below a conical gilt finial (slight chip to tip of spout, rim and footrim of cover)
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 29th March 1976, lot 30.
Literature
Angela Caròla-Perrotti, Exhibition Catalogue, Le Porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli, Capodimonte e Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea 1743-1806, Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, December 1986 - April 1987, Naples, 1986, no. 75, col. pl. XXIII [I, 7].
Exhibited
Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, December 1986 - April 1987, no. 75.
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Dominic Simpson
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