A pair of Capodimonte cups and saucers, circa 1750

Each painted by Giovanni Caselli 'a paesi neri' with finely rendered black monochrome landscape scenes, formal gilt floral borders to the rims, the handles embellished in gilding, fleur-de-lys marks in blue (4)

Provenance:
Aldo Pironti, Benevento (applied paper labels no. 98 and 99);
Italian Private Collection

Literature:
A. Caròla-Perrotti, Le Porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli (1986), no. 37, col. pl. XIV

A similar cup is in the Museo Duca di Martina in Naples, published by E. Romano, La Porcellana di Capodimonte (1959), pl. 47.