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<p>[QUOTE="Walter Del Pellegrino, post: 237953, member: 90"]I suggest that you post photos here for a quick response that might save you much time and, more importantly, precious dollars. A photo of the item and one of the mark and any signature is all that is needed for a quick evaluation. I have collected Italian pottery for forty years and I written several books on the subject. During those four decades you can imagine how many thousands of pieces I have seen. I have discovered precisely two pieces of true Capodimonte porcelain that was not in a museum. One, a miniature chair, was owned by a lady in Israel and the other, a plate, was offered on eBay. In both cases no one referred to them as being Capodimonte.</p><p>Below is a quick article I wrote about Capodimonte which might help you.</p><p><br /></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>
[QUOTE="Walter Del Pellegrino, post: 237953, member: 90"]I suggest that you post photos here for a quick response that might save you much time and, more importantly, precious dollars. A photo of the item and one of the mark and any signature is all that is needed for a quick evaluation. I have collected Italian pottery for forty years and I written several books on the subject. During those four decades you can imagine how many thousands of pieces I have seen. I have discovered precisely two pieces of true Capodimonte porcelain that was not in a museum. One, a miniature chair, was owned by a lady in Israel and the other, a plate, was offered on eBay. In both cases no one referred to them as being Capodimonte. Below is a quick article I wrote about Capodimonte which might help you. [URL]http://italianpotterymarks.freeforums.org/are-you-confused-about-the-term-capodimonte-t11.html[/URL][/QUOTE]
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