Description:
Length 5-1/2"
Height 5-1/2"
Width 4-1/2"
Marked Capodimonte Made in Italy
We are pleased to offer this Small Capodimonte Porcelain Flower Basket. This piece was made around the second quarter of the 20th century. Along with the life-like green, pink, blue and brown, you will notice crazing enhancing the graceful aging of the basket and
bouquet. The beautiful symmetry of the basket with its buds and blossoms are very
pleasing to view. There is a tiny chip off of one of the leaves. This does not take away
from the beauty or value. It would make a great addition to any collection.
The origin of Capodimonte porcelain and production of Capodimonte porcelain figurines and floral displays dates back to the early eighteenth century and geographically to the Kingdom of Naples. The father of Capodimonte porcelain is considered to be Charles of Bourbon (1716-1788) son of Philip V of Spain and his second wife, the Italian, Elizabeth Farnese. Charles was coronated King of Naples and Sicily on August 3rd. 1734 in Palermo Cathedral becoming Charles VII (1738-1759). In 1738 he married Maria Amalia daughter of the King of Saxony, Augustus III of Poland and granddaughter of Augustus II, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland and founder of the first European hard paste porcelain factory in Meissen in 1710.
It was from this union that Charles' interest in porcelain production in Naples first sprang. His desire was to create a porcelain production of a quality comparable with the factory in Saxony, whose methods and ingredients were only known by the chemist Bottiger. Charles initially allocated a small building in the Royal Palace to be dedicated to porcelain production under the direction of Giovanni Caselli and the chemist Livio Ottavio Schepers, who had originally worked at the Neapolitan Mint.
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Goodoletom purchased this item from a Hartford area estate. It is unique in our inventory, so Buy It Now and don't be disappointed!(092207F4DK)
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