The Sir Bruno Welby Collection of Porcelain - 06 Feb 2025
A Vienna topographical coffee can, c.1803, finely painted with an Italian landscape within a panel
A Vienna topographical coffee can, c.1803, finely painted with an Italian landscape within a panel reserved on a white ground with bands of pink, gilt and claret, titled in black to the base, 'Vue d´un ancien Palais du Prince della Rocella situé sur le bord de la Mer à Naples prés du Palais de la Reine Jeanne', blue shield mark, impressed 47 and 803, and a Vienna coffee can and cover, date code 1798, decorated in raised gilt with fable-like animals including a tortoise, on a panelled ground of lilac, blue and brown, blue shield mark, impressed 98, 9.5cm max. (3)
The landscape decoration is taken from an engraving by Claude-Louis Châtelet and Vincenzio Vangelisti.