Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
Lot 41
A Capodimonte cup and a saucer together with another saucer, circa 1745-50
14 June 2017, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,750 inc. premium
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Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
A Capodimonte cup and a saucer together with another saucer, circa 1745-50
Decorated in bianco oro with gilt vignettes of chinoiserie figures in Meissen style and scrollwork borders to the rims, fleur-de-lys mark in blue enamel to all pieces (one saucer with some scratching, the other with a shallow chip to the rim) (3)
Footnotes
Provenance:
With Andreina Torre, Zurich (Ars Domi paper label to the base);
With Aldo Pironi, Benevento (paper label to the base);
Italian Private Collection
A cup and a saucer with the same border decoration is illustrated by A. d'Agliano, Porcellane Italiane della collezione Lokar (2013) no. 106 (previously in the Rossi collection, as illustrated by A. Mottola Molfino, l'Arte della Porcellana in Italia, (1986) no. 163), where the author also notes the influence of the Seuter workshop in Augsburg. For a discussion of this style of decoration see also A. Caròla-Perrotti, Le Porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli (1986) chapter I.7. There is a pair of vases and covers with similar decoration in the British Museum (Dawson 1985 40; Franks 1896 502).
A pair of small vases with gilt decoration in the same manner is included in this sale, lot 21.
