Majello
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| Handcraft company | |
| Industry | Porcelain |
| Founded | 1867 |
| Headquarters | Naples, Italy |
Key people |
Lucio Majello, sculptor (General Manager) Fabio Majello (Sales Manager) Sabrina Majello (Marketing) |
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| Website | www.majello.it |
Majello was an Italian factory producing Porcelain of Capodimonte.
History
In 1867 Alfonso Majello, awarded "knight of Job", founded the Majello factory that continued the tradition of producing porcelains of Capodimonte started in 1743 with the Real Factory of Capodimonte founded by the king Charles. The tradition continues thanks to the sculptor Lucio Majello and his sons.
Manufacture
The artist will trace the sketch of the object that he wants to realize. The first phase is to make a chalk model on a lathe. The sculptor will then chisel and carve the details of the object. The chalk model is put into porcelain liquid form.
Next comes the floral decoration of petals and leaves.
The signature is added to give a guarantee of authenticity to the buyer. Next the object is cooked to 1250 grades that lasts a minimum pf eight and a maximum of 12 hours from which the biscuit object is obtained.. Decorators paint the object with a brush. Once decorated there is a second cooking of eight hours at 750 grades to fix the colour.
Authentic Capodimonte
- The factory use the traditional technique of cooking the “biscuit” porcelain, the first at 1350 grades and the second one, after decoration, at 700/800 grades.
- The factory uses the traditional technique of cooking called “terzo fuoco” (“third fire”) for the shiny porcelain. The first one at 800 grades, the second one after varnishing at 1300 grades, and the third one, after decoration at 750 grades.
Typical "Capodimonte" subjects
- Flowers': Compositions of flowers,
- Porcelain "spaghetto: plates, lamps, vases and other object completely hand made, enterlaced with very thin porcelain in the "spaghetto" shape.
- Classic style: reproduction of masterpieces, for example "ReginAmalia", the freely inspired reproduction of the famous lamp created at the end of 1700 by the artist Giuseppe Gricci for Queen Amalia, the wife of king Charles of Borbon, for her boudoir totally made of porcelain.
- Statues: reproduction of sculptures of the Classic period.