Live Auction 7999Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Glass, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes
A NAPLES (REAL FABBRICA FERDINANDEA) CHOCOLATE-CUP
Lot 71

A NAPLES (REAL FABBRICA FERDINANDEA) CHOCOLATE-CUP

CIRCA 1775, RED CROWNED FRF MARK

Closed29 November 2011

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GBP 2,750

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A NAPLES (REAL FABBRICA FERDINANDEA) CHOCOLATE-CUP
CIRCA 1775, RED CROWNED FRF MARK
With an angular handle, painted with two flower-sprays below a gilt dentil border to the rim (slight flaking to gilding around upper rim and handle)
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) high

Specialist note

This cup is a rare example of soft-paste porcelain from the earlier years of the Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea factory's production.