In the early years of its history, Capodimonte porcelain marks were often pressed into the ceramic and porcelain. At other times, such marks were painted onto the finished pieces.
These marks, which were used from about 1759 until 1780, often consisted of a Neapolitan N as well as a crown. Porcelain bearing such a mark sought to distinguish itself as the fine porcelain of Capodimonte rather than that of its competitors. Even during the early years, the “Capo di Monte” term served as an announcement of the region that the porcelain was made in or the style in which it was made.
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Through the years, however, due to the lack of copyright protection for the Capodimonte porcelain marks, there were many factories that used those same marks, or very similar variations of them. This is often in an effort by the factory to label the style rather than claiming that the porcelain is genuine Capodimonte.
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