Italy was the site of Europe’s first porcelain production: in Florence between 1575 and 1587 under the patronage of Francesco I de’ Medici. The Doccia Porcelain Manufactory, founded nearly 200 years later, continued the tradition of Italian porcelain with a hard-paste body that was later glazed with a tin glaze (see curator’s note). This dinner set is decorated with the al tulipano motif, a design that is one of the most prevalent in Doccia wares. The central flower is not a tulip but an interpretation of the peonies used in Chinese famille rose porcelain.
Italy was the site of Europe’s first porcelain production: in Florence between 1575 and 1587 under the patronage of Francesco I de’ Medici. The Doccia Porcelain Manufactory, founded nearly 200 years later, continued the tradition of Italian porcelain with a hard-paste body that was later glazed with a tin glaze (see curator’s note). This dinner set is decorated with the al tulipano motif, a design that is one of the most prevalent in Doccia wares. The central flower is not a tulip but an interpretation of the peonies used in Chinese famille rose porcelain.
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Condition
Excellent. Light wear to enamels throughout commensurate with age and use. Faint use marks visible on some dishes. One dinner plate with chip to underside of rim measuring 1 cm.
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Curator’s Note
1 dinner dish and 2 soup dishes are not transparent, a characteristic of porcelain. These 3 dishes are porcelain with a tin glaze which makes them opaque and dates them to 1790-1800.
References
Gardiner Museum, G96.5.379
Metropolitan Museum of Art 1973.208, 1985.384.1 and 1985.384.2
Victoria & Albert Museum C.677-1917, C.284-1915, C.153-1922, C.513-1914, C.152-1922
Excellent. Light wear to enamels throughout commensurate with age and use. Faint use marks visible on some dishes. One dinner plate with chip to underside of rim measuring 1 cm.
For a detailed condition report, please contact us.
1 dinner dish and 2 soup dishes are not transparent, a characteristic of porcelain. These 3 dishes are porcelain with a tin glaze which makes them opaque and dates them to 1790-1800.
Gardiner Museum, G96.5.379
Metropolitan Museum of Art 1973.208, 1985.384.1 and 1985.384.2
Victoria & Albert Museum C.677-1917, C.284-1915, C.153-1922, C.513-1914, C.152-1922
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