Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
Lot 110
An extremely rare Capodimonte chestnut-brown-ground cup and saucer, circa 1750
6 July 2021, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £6,120 inc. premium
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Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
An extremely rare Capodimonte chestnut-brown-ground cup and saucer, circa 1750
The chestnut-coloured ground ('a fondo marrone') with lambrequin-shaped gilt-edged reserves painted in enamels heightened in gilding with flowers, the inside rims with gilt foliate scrollwork borders, the handle embellished in gilding, fleur-de-lys marks in brown and blue enamel (small very flat chip to rim of cup) (2)
Footnotes
Provenance:
Italian Private Collection
Literature:
A. Caròla-Perrotti, Le Porcellane dei Borboni di Napoli (1986), no. 85, col. pl. XXVI
This is the only known example of this ground colour.
