The Sir Bruno Welby Collection of Porcelain - 6th February 2025
Lot 1588
A Capodimonte (Carlo III) cup by Giovanni Caselli, c.1750, finely painted with a pastoral figure and
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £567
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Description
A Capodimonte (Carlo III) cup by Giovanni Caselli, c.1750, finely painted with a pastoral figure and a dog standing beside a maiden reclining on rock, before a characteristic rose-tinted sky, the interior rim with a formal gilt foliate border, the fine angular handle picked out in gilt, blue fleur de lys mark, 7.3cm high.
Cf. G. Morazzoni, Le Porcellane Italiane, vol. II, pl. 288, and F. Stazzi, Capodimonte, nos. 10-11 for two similar cups and saucers from the collection in the Duca di Martina Museum, Naples.