Factory: Doccia Porcelain Factory
Hard-paste porcelain dish painted in enamels
Hard-paste porcelain, moulded, tin-glazed, and decorated with blue, green, yellow dark pink, salmon-pink, red, and pale purple enamels. Of marescialla form, approximately oval with rococo scrolled edges, wave and shell motifs at either end,and lightly fluted sides. In the middle there is a motif resembling the underside of a mushroom or a different type of shell, linked by two stems to the shells at the ends. The shells at the ends are coloured in salmon-pink and blue, and the scrolls round the outer edge in pale purple. The central motif is striped in purple, and outlined in red, as are the two stems on either side of it. The sides are decorated with scattered polychrome floral sprays and sprigs.
History note: Purchased by Lady Cynthia Postan from Gabor Cossa.
Given by Sir Michael and Lady Cynthia Postan through the Friends of The Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 5.5 cm
Length: 27.4 cm
Width: 18.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1982) by Postan, Michael and Cynthia, Sir and Lady
18th Century, Late
Production date:
circa
AD 1780
: formerly dated c. 1765-80
Dishes of this shape are known as marescialla in Italy. they were also made for a short time at the factory at San Donato in Polverosa founded by Giuseppe and Bartolomeo Ginori in 1779.
Decoration composed of enamel ( blue, green, yellow dark pink, salmon-pink, red, and pale purple)
Hard-paste porcelain
Tin-glaze
Accession number: C.6-1982
Primary reference Number: 140338
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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