Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
Lot 139
Four Naples, Real Fabbrica Ferdinadea, biscuit figures, circa 1790-1800
2 July 2019, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,550 inc. premium
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Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
Four Naples, Real Fabbrica Ferdinadea, biscuit figures, circa 1790-1800
One a peasant modelled by Aniello Ingaldi wearing a broad-rimmed hat, a scarf around his neck and a sash around his waist, another a gentleman wearing a top hat and fine clothes, one lady wearing a bonnet and dress with fichu and another lady wearing a feathered wide-brimmed head and carrying books, the tallest: 18.4cm high, crowned N marks in blue and black to three (some old restoration) (4)
Footnotes
Angela Caròla-Perrotti writes (Ritorno al Barocco (2010), p.320) that from 1792, a very elaborate table setting was designed to accompany the Servizio delle Vedute Napolitane, also known as the Servizio del'Oca. The factory created a kind of miniature park, called the Real Passagio, which included figures from the Neapolitan bourgeoisie and nobility. According to one document, this included seventy-five figures dressed in the fashions of the day and described in the factory as bernesche because of the gently satirical way in which they were portrayed. The models for these figures would have originally been made for this service, and they became one of the most popular lines of production for the factory in the late 18th century.
A similar figure of a peasant with the incised signature 'Aniello' is illustrated by Angela Caròla-Perrotti, La Porcellana della Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea (1978), nos. 183-184, and a white example was sold in these rooms, 7 December 2017, lot 76.
