Lumberjack on a sled

"Lumberjack on a sled". Italy, Capodimonte, first half of the 20th century.
Biscuit.
Silver-plated metal base.
With mark and numbering on the back.
Good state of preservation.
Measurements: 17 x 12 x 10 cm.

Sculpture made in biscuit of Capodimonte, representing a woodcutter carrying an axe. Headdressed with a fez cap and dressed in costume, he is sitting on a sledge.

Made of porcelain representing a group of winged angels, delicately polychromed with high and low temperature enamels. Founded in 1743 under the reign of Charles VII of Naples, the future Charles III of Spain, the Royal Porcelain Factory of Capodimonte was born with the aim of emulating the great factory of Meissen, whose patron had been Augustus the Strong, grandfather of Queen Maria Amalia of Saxony. It was, after the Saxon factory, one of the first in Europe to use real porcelain, with kaolin, fired at a temperature varying between 700 and 800º, with a second, higher firing, between 1,400 and 1,500º. His production was very extensive, although he was especially noted for his sculptures, both round and in relief, decorating all types of objects.

COMMENTS

This lot can be seen at the Setdart Barcelona Gallery located at C/Aragón, 346.