Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
Lot 26
A Naples ecuelle and cover, circa 1800
14 June 2017, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,250 inc. premium
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Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
A Naples ecuelle and cover, circa 1800
Designed by Domenico Venuti, painted with Centaurs and Maenads, the black loop handles emerging from sideways moulded masks, the cover with a band of black leaves and a black dog and snake finial, gilt-edged rims, 14.5cm high (small restuck chip to edge of rim, minute flat chip to rim) (2)
Footnotes
The mythological figures are based on prints in the Antichita' di Ercolano Esposte (1757-92) after frescoes in the Villa di Cicerone in Pompei. The ecuelle is related to the Servizio Ercolanese, which is arguably the best-known service produced by the Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea. For a discussion of the service, see A. Caròla-Perrotti, Le Porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli (1986), nos. 327-329.
