Capo di Monten.
/ˈkɑːpəʊ diː ˈmɒnteɪ/ Applied attributively to a type of porcelain first produced in Naples in the mid-eighteenth century. Also used absol. and elliptically.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective] > porcelain > European porcelain
Nuremberg1617
St. Cloud1721
Dresden1735
Limoges1844
Capo di Monte1850
Frankenthal1863
Zurich1870
Rosenthal1898
Copenhagen1911
1850 J. Marryat Coll. towards Hist. Pottery & Porcelain xi. 217 The Capo di Monte tea and coffee services are perhaps the most beautiful description of Porcelain which has ever been manufactured in Europe.
1869 C. Schreiber Jrnl. (1911) I. 34 One small Mennecy figure (marked), and a white Capo ditto (unmarked).
1869 C. Schreiber Jrnl. (1911) I. 49 Saw Mr. Gladstone's collection... The Capo di Monte I do not understand.
1926 V. Tree Castles in Air iii. 123 Beardsley drawings or better, and Capo di Monte china.
1942 A. E. W. Mason Musk & Amber vi. 64 Candlesticks of the Capodimonte porcelain.
1969 Times 25 Mar. 12/4 The Antique Porcelain Company gave 9,500 gns. for a very rare Capodimonte Italian comedy group.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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