You break it you buy it

You break it you buy it

On September 26, an Italian visitor to the Museo delle Porcellane at Palazzo Pitti bumped forcefully into a glass case containing 18 precious statuettes from the 18th century from Ferdinandea di Napoli manufacture. 12 of them have been broken, and the damage has yet to be fully evaluated by restorers. &

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Thu 26 Sep 2013 12:00 AM

On September 26, an Italian visitor to the Museo delle Porcellane at Palazzo Pitti bumped forcefully into a glass case containing 18 precious statuettes from the 18th century from Ferdinandea di Napoli manufacture. 12 of them have been broken, and the damage has yet to be fully evaluated by restorers.

 

The accident took place during regular museum opening hours and the visitor in question, an Italian, has been identified. The museum intends to take civil action for the damages.

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