Mid Century Capodimonte Covered Tureen

Description

For your consideration…a very fine Capodimonte Lidded Tureen

All hand painted and very colorful with Gold accents

The footed tureen … more For your consideration…a very fine Capodimonte Lidded Tureen

All hand painted and very colorful with Gold accents

The footed tureen features a cupid finial, paneled sides and gilt trim.

Harvest Allegory ,based on old Roman stories of Love,Romance,Nature

a delightfully quirky wedding gift

Signed on the base

Tureen measures about 9" by 6" by 9" tall. in very fine condition.

In 1743, the newly arrived Bourbon King Charles VII of Naples and his wife Queen Maria Amalia of Saxony, founded the factory in the grounds of the Palace of Capodimonte on the outskirts of Naples (now a museum). The queen's grandfather, Augustus II the Strong, Elector of Saxony, had founded the Meissen porcelain factory which led European porcelain, and her dowry is said to have included 17 Meissen table services.[7] They recruited the Flemish chemist Livio Ottavio Schepers, whose son also joined, and the painter Giovanni Caselli (1698–1752), later followed by his niece Maria. The Florentine sculptor Giuseppe Gricci (c. 1700–1770), already working for the Neapolitan crown since 1738, joined as chief modeller; by 1755 he had five other modellers working for him, creating the moulds used for the pieces.
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they styling and ideas have continued to be a part of design and decor ever since,surviving
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