Capodimonte Giovanni Caselli Saucer

This is a very rare and superb saucer made by Capodimonte in about 1750. It is made of soft paste porcelain and has a hand painted baroque fruit scene to the center. These scenes are known as natura morta and are often associated with the painter Giovanni Caselli and it looks like he painted this saucer as well. The scene is of native Neapolitan fruit on a naturalistic grassy base surrounded by clouds with the edge of the saucer decorated with an elaborate gilt strapwork border with some nice polychrome flowers as part of the trim. Capodimonte porcelain from this period is exceedingly rare and a cup and saucer from this rare service in good condition goes for around 6K. The piece is 0.75 inches tall and has a diameter of 5.25 inches. It is marked underneath with the blue fleur de lis mark of Capo di Monte which is not something you see often at all! These are often messy and this one here is barely decipherable as a fleur de lis but it is a nice clear example here. The piece is in great condition with some wear to the gold trim especially in one spot as shown and there is a stained hairline as shown which can be seen from the underside but does not show when on display from the top and is hard to spot unless you really look for it from that side. Please email me for more information or other pictures.