THE CAPODIMONTE COLLECTION
CAPODIMONTE, CEVIK, A. SANTINI, V.SABADIN
Capodimonte? Ever hear of it? Maybe, I hear you saying!
"Roses," you inquire? Yes, that’s right, they make the famous
Capodimonte roses. And flowers, and birds, and other exquisite designs
that have been long prized by collectors. OK. So you might know
Capodimonte but I’ll take odds you don’t know Cevik, A. Santini, and
V. Sabadin. These three function autonomously under Capodimonte
management and produce some of the most uniquely beautiful crystal
and porcelain in the world. You’ve got to be an avid collector though;
they’re all hard to find. Keep reading and I’ll guide you where to look.
Capodimonte porcelain has actually been around for quite a long
time. The 1740’s to be exact. It started out in Naples and was under
explicit orders from the King of Italy to produce porcelain superior to
the famous Meissen factory in Germany. It did for a while but then the
factory was moved to Spain; then it burned down; and then it was
restarted in Italy only to be destroyed during the French invasion of 1798.
In the period of its glory as a royal business it turned out porcelains
that were used only by Royal families because of the high cost of
production.
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