A NAPLES (REAL FABBRICA FERDINANDEA) PORCELAIN FAMILY GROUP

This group is from a series of groups which were developed by the factory in the late 18th century as an alternative to the classical figures for which the factory was well known. For a discussion of these groups which depict a variety of people from contemporary Neopolitan society, 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, Chapter IV.2., pp. 524-556.