There is very little on the Web for figurines made in Ardalt, Italy. There is also a line of figurines labeled Ardalt Lenwile (sp?) made in Japan. Yours is Italian and I honestly don't know if there is a connection. I suspect not. If the pieces were mine, I would try & find an antiques dealer who has ceramics from the capodimonte area of Italy. There are pieces labeled with the crowned N, as Capodimonte. But there's considerable other pottery/porcelain made in the area in "the manner of". KB