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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Walter Del Pellegrino, post: 161872, member: 90&quot;]Fiori Fiamminghi is translated literally as &quot;Flemish School Flowers&quot;. What it refers to specifically is the 16th and 17th century Flemish method and style of painting floral arrangemets in containers or vases as part of a still-life. The realistic depiction of flowers as the central element of a painting was a uniquely Flemish idea that eventually found its way to Italy.</p><p>Note that the initials that appear on the vase are &quot;E.K.&quot;. I believe that this is probably the name of the importer rather than the artist or studio. I have reached this conclusion because when writing in the Italian language, which is based on the Latin, the letters <b>K</b>, <b>Y</b> and <b>Z </b>are used only for writing words of Greek origin. The letters <b>J</b>, <b>U</b> and <b>W</b> were added to the alphabet at a later stage to write languages other than Latin. <b>J</b> is a variant of <b>I</b>, <b>U</b> is a variant of <b>V</b>, and <b>W</b> was introduced as a &#039;double-v&#039; to make a distinction between the sounds we know as &#039;v&#039; and &#039;w&#039; which was unnecessary in Latin. Therefore, unless we can identify the importer we will never be able to determine who made it.</p><p>The term Capodimonte refers to, commonly, a style of porcelain, not a specific manufacturer. Capodimonte is a geographical location near the city of Naples and when translated becomes &quot;Top of the Hill&quot;. It is the place where the King of Italy and Spain established one of the earliest porcelain factories. It was destroyed about 1800.</p><p>So what you have is a vase in a non-descript style by an unknown manufacturer. This type of pottery was popular in the 1950&#039;s. It has no collector value.</p><p>Here is a link to one of my articles written about Capodimonte:</p><p><a href="http://italianpotterymarks.freeforums.org/are-you-confused-about-the-term-capodimonte-t11.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://italianpotterymarks.freeforums.org/are-you-confused-about-the-term-capodimonte-t11.html" rel="nofollow">http://italianpotterymarks.freeforums.org/are-you-confused-about-the-term-capodimonte-t11.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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