About This Artwork

Capodimonte Porcelain Manufactory, founded 1743
Italy

Ewer and Basin, c. 1745

Soft paste porcelain, shell forms with scattered shells both in relief and painted in colored enamels; handle of ewer in form and color of coral: interiors gilded.
Ewer: 12 in.; Basin: 6 1/2 x 15 1/4 x 13 1/2 in.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Norman Chatain in memory of Professor Alfred Chatain, 1957.490a-b