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Capo di Monte|ˈkɑːpəʊ diː ˈmɒnteɪ|
Also Capodimonte.
The name of a palace near Naples applied attrib. to a type of porcelain first produced there in the mid-eighteenth century. Also used absol. and ellipt.
1850Marryat Hist. Pott. & Porc. xi. 217 The Capo di Monte tea and coffee services are perhaps the most beautiful description of Porcelain which has ever been manufactured in Europe. 1869Lady C. Schreiber Jrnl. (1911) I. 34 One small Mennecy figure (marked), and a white Capo ditto (unmarked). Ibid. 49 Saw Mr. Gladstone's collection... The Capo di Monte I do not understand. 1926V. Tree Castles in Air iii. 123 Beardsley drawings or better, and Capo di Monte china. 1942A. E. W. Mason Musk & Amber vi. 64 Candlesticks of the Capodimonte porcelain. 1969Times 25 Mar. 12/4 The Antique Porcelain Company gave 9,500 gns. for a very rare Capodimonte Italian comedy group. |