8th Mar, 2023 10:00

Antiques and Interiors Auction

 
Lot 224
 

A collection of Capodimonte figures

A collection of Capodimonte figures, circa 1960s/70s, comprising 'Peace', sculpted by G. Cappé, 19cm high; a further model of a woman with grapes (at fault), 23cm high; a model of Josephine Bonaparte modelled by Merli, 25cm high; two pairs of small busts of children; a Boy with Blade modelled by Benacchio, 9cm high; 'Little Friends' modelled by G. Cappé (young boy with dachshund on a tasselled cushion), 9cm high; a model of Bacchus, sculpted by Cappé, 27cm high and a model of 'Romantico Veneziano' by Merli, 28cm high (10)

Sold together with various certificates of purchase from Continental China & Glass Centre, 25 Queen St. Blackpool dating from the early - mid 1970s.

Sold for £500


Condition Report
1 small bust of a girl - ribbons broken on one pig tail
Child with dog - one finger broken
Boy with stick - some losses to foliage 
Woman with grapes -breakage to tips of fingers with grapes, small chip to leaf. The opposite hand is also missing one finger and tip of thumb. Breakages to foliage and chips on the rock she is seated on.
Bacchus - chip to leaf near wine jug, missing one leaf or stem to head.

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