Lot 67
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A CAPODIMONTE (CARLO III) TEACUP AND SAUCER
A CAPODIMONTE (CARLO III) TEACUP AND SAUCER

CIRCA 1750, BLUE FLEUR DE LYS MARK TO SAUCER

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A CAPODIMONTE (CARLO III) TEACUP AND SAUCER
CIRCA 1750, BLUE FLEUR DE LYS MARK TO SAUCER
Painted in the Meissen style, in the manner of Klinger with scattered butterflies and insects, the saucer with a dragon-fly, the cup with shading to each insect, with gilt scrollwork and diaper-pattern panel borders (cup with small retouched rim chip, saucer with slight chipping to rim)

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Lot Essay

For a full discussion of entomological decoration on Capodimonte porcelain see Angela Caròla-Perrotti, Exhibition Catalogue, Le Porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli, Capodimonte e Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea 1743-1806, Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, December 1986 - April 1987, Naples, 1986, pp. 140-141, and for an engraving including a dragon-fly see p. 143. See also Caròla Perrotti, Ibid., pl.XXIX (I,9) for a part tea-service with entomological decoration and similar borders.

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