THE SCHOOL OF BEARS

After the Naples Royal Porcelain Manufactory was moved by its founder Charles III of Spain from Capodimonte to Madrid, production of porcelain in the Kingdom of Naples started up again under his son Ferdinand IV who, having become king in 1771, reintroduced it by opening a factory in Portici named Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea. 

The following year, the factory was transferred to the Royal Palace in Naples and inherited from its predecessor in Capodimonte the Neapolitan taste and magnificence of this fragile and vibrant material.

One interesting creation of this manufactory is the striking, unusual group in biscuit, depicting a humanised bear.