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Black-Ground Coffee Pot

The body is applied with angular handle and masked spout. The reserves are painted on an intricate and richly gilt black ground, with two panels of pairs of figures in regional costume. The reserves on the coffee pot show regional costumes of the Kingdom of Naples and Sicily. One of the scenes shows a couple from the village of Villa Badessa in Abruzzi, a settlement founded in 1743 after ninety-eight Eastern Orthodox Christians had migrated from a Muslim village in southern Albania. A series of watercolor studies made at the time correspond to the views shown here. The community still exists today and is the home of the only Greek Orthodox church, Santa Maria Assunta, in the region.

adapted from Calendar of Events, Fall 2019

Metadata

Creator
Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea (Italian, active 1773 - 1806)
Date
ca. 1795
Classification
Decorative Arts
Related Location
Naples, Europe, Italy, Napoli, Campania
Medium
Soft paste porcelain
Dimensions
8 1/4 x 7 x 4 3/4 in. (20.96 x 17.78 x 12.07 cm)
Credit Line
Viriginia A. Marten Endowment for Decorative Arts
Accession Number
2019.009
Campus Location
Raclin Murphy Museum of Art
Access

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Copyright Status
Public domain
Subject
Capra
costumes
men
muskets
women
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