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The Capodimonte porcelain owes its name to the homonymous hilly area of Naples, where King Charles of Bourbon and his wife Maria Amalia of Saxony, in the mid-eighteenth century, founded the Royal\u00a0Factory of Capodimonte.\u00a0Since the beginning the main collaborators was lead figures such as the Belgian chemist Livio Ottavio Schepers and the painter Giovanni Caselli from Piacenza. During the early period of\u00a0research on porcelain\u00a0at the headquarters of the Royal Palace of Naples, Caselli experimented with the study and application of colors and gold. The porcelain produced in this area has peculiar characteristics that\u00a0clearly\u00a0distinguish it from the porcelain of northern Europe.<\/p>\n

Material characteristics<\/b><\/p>\n

There is no kaolin in its dough therefore it consists of a fusion of various clays coming from the southern quarries mixed with feldspar hence a soft, milky-colored mixture results that will make this unique manufactory in the history of porcelain. The porcelain, made in this way, withdraws about 20% during cooking.<\/p>\n

During the activity of the Real Factory, in the plastic sector, objects were produced with scenes of court life mostly in biscuit (\u201cCaduta dei Giganti\u201d by Filippo Tagliolini, \u201cLaocoonte\u201d, \u201cRatto d\u2019Europa\u201d, \u201cPigmalione\u201d, \u201cLe Tre Grazie\u201d by Canova): a non-polished ceramic material such as porcelain, opaque,\u00a0as it is not painted with the second firing and the crystalline blanket<\/p>\n


\nProcessing steps
\n<\/b>\u2022 model analysis and feasibility assessment
\n\u2022 creation of original shape
\n\u2022 realization of the prototype (molding, assembly, finishing, plastic applications)
\n\u2022 drying
\n\u2022 baking of the biscuit
\n\u2022 painting \/ enamelling
\n\u2022 baking \u201cglossy\u201d
\n\u2022 decoration<\/p>\n

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