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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 9462209, member: 33"]The piece on eBay has BENROSE hand written on the bottom. I found a quote about Benrose in another forum. The person who posted it put it in quotation marks but did not give the source, but quotes from old eBay forums. It sounds knowledgeable -- may have possibly been written by Walter del Pelligrino (see my note below). Benrose was an import company in the U.S., and apparently dealt with Capodimonte-style ceramics made in Italy.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>"Benrose imported pieces with their own labels. They used dozens of quality factories to create works for them but these factories were not permitted to identify themselves. Benrose owned the design rights and the molds. They could commission any factory they wanted to. Thus different factories could have produced the same item at different times.</b></p><p><b>Capodimonte is used today simply as a generic term used to describe a perceived style. Therefore you can call it Capodimonte-styled if you want to. In my opinion your example closely emulates the style of the Carlo Mollica porcelains from Naples. It probably dates to the 1960's or 70's. "</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Note: the reference to Carlo Mollica does not refer to the items in our current thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a link to the thread in which the post appears.</p><p><a href="http://www.antique-shop.com/forums/index.php?topic=6343.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.antique-shop.com/forums/index.php?topic=6343.0" rel="nofollow">http://www.antique-shop.com/forums/index.php?topic=6343.0</a></p><p>The poster is quoting from the old eBay forums (dead link to those). The link title mentions Walter, and it is possible that Walter del Pelligrino wrote the original post in the eBay forum. But I can't be sure.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 9462209, member: 33"]The piece on eBay has BENROSE hand written on the bottom. I found a quote about Benrose in another forum. The person who posted it put it in quotation marks but did not give the source, but quotes from old eBay forums. It sounds knowledgeable -- may have possibly been written by Walter del Pelligrino (see my note below). Benrose was an import company in the U.S., and apparently dealt with Capodimonte-style ceramics made in Italy. [B]"Benrose imported pieces with their own labels. They used dozens of quality factories to create works for them but these factories were not permitted to identify themselves. Benrose owned the design rights and the molds. They could commission any factory they wanted to. Thus different factories could have produced the same item at different times. Capodimonte is used today simply as a generic term used to describe a perceived style. Therefore you can call it Capodimonte-styled if you want to. In my opinion your example closely emulates the style of the Carlo Mollica porcelains from Naples. It probably dates to the 1960's or 70's. "[/B] Note: the reference to Carlo Mollica does not refer to the items in our current thread. Here is a link to the thread in which the post appears. [URL]http://www.antique-shop.com/forums/index.php?topic=6343.0[/URL] The poster is quoting from the old eBay forums (dead link to those). The link title mentions Walter, and it is possible that Walter del Pelligrino wrote the original post in the eBay forum. But I can't be sure.[/QUOTE]
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