Giustiniani – Del Vecchio: the Tableware of Casa Correale

On Biagio’s death in 1838, the factory shrank to a more modest size and it was around this time that the Giustiniani factory was associated with the name of Cherinto Del Vecchio, a descendant of a Neapolitan family of ceramists, working between the 17th and 19th centuries. The Del Vecchio were great and refined producers, in some cases even superior to the Giustiniani. That of the two antagonistic ceramists was a short-lived collaboration, perhaps put in place to avert the definitive closure of their factories, which had already reached decline.
Attributable to this period is the refined ‘Tableware of Casa Correale’, made of matt ochre earthenware and decorated with views of the Kingdom of Naples. The service consists of soup tureens, risers, plates, trays and even a pair of egg cups. The singularity of this service are the depictions, painted in black, on each crockery: we find represented some of the Bourbon residences and views of Piazza del Carmine, Riviera di Chiaia, San Leucio, Palazzo Donn’ Anna, the Granili, the Arsenals, the Magdalene Bridge and Paestum.