A pair of Capodimonte coffee cups and saucers, circa 1750,

the cups of bell form with gilt scroll handles, each piece painted probably by Caselli with lively battle scenes within elaborate gilt cartouches, the rims with gilt foliate borders, blue fleur-de-lys marks

G. Morazzoni, Il Settecento Italiano, 1932,vol II, pl. CCLXXXVII.

some rubbing to handle and footrim of one cup.
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For comparable decoration by Caselli see A. Carola-Perotti, op. cit., 1986, p. 137, pl. XXIV. Although Della Torre is most well known as a painter of 'battaglie', some of the finest examples of battle painting are by Caselli. For a full discussion on battle scenes decoration see A. Caròla -Perrotti, op. cit., Naples, 1986, pp .120-123.