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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Group

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Doccia Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Doccia (made)

Figure group of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. A masked woman stands towards a masked boy who stands on her right, looking up at her. She wears a red striped dress, white apron and red shoes, and holds a red jar in her arms. The boy wears a red and gilt striped jacket and red breeches. Rectangular flat base moulded with brown.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Group
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Hard Paste Porcelain
Painted
Gilded
Brief description
Figure group of hard-paste porcelain, Doccia porcelain factory, Doccia, ca. 1760.
Physical description
Figure group of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. A masked woman stands towards a masked boy who stands on her right, looking up at her. She wears a red striped dress, white apron and red shoes, and holds a red jar in her arms. The boy wears a red and gilt striped jacket and red breeches. Rectangular flat base moulded with brown.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.8cm
Gallery label
Figure Group from The Italian Comedy Porcelain ITALY (DOCCIA); about 1760 Gift of Mr W.A.J. Floersheim C.181-1931 (Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995)
Credit line
Given by Mr W.A.J. Floersheim
Subjects depicted
Woman
Boy
Literary referenceCommedia dell'Arte
Bibliographic references
  • Frescobaldi Malenchini, Livia ed. With Balleri, Rita and Rucellai, Oliva, ‘Amici di Doccia Quaderni, Numero VII, 2013, The Victoria and Albert Museum Collection’, Edizioni Polistampa, Firenze, 2014 p.58, Cat. 31 31. Group with Commedia dell’Arte characters 1755-1760 hard-paste porcelain painted in colours and gold h 10,5 cm no mark inv. C.181-1931 gift: Mr W.A.J. Floersheim This group has two figures with big heads and stout arms and an abundant use of red and violet colours, all features which clearly indicate that it was made during the First Period of the Ginori factory (1737-1757). It is possible that the artist who created the model was Gaspero Bruschi, even though it is actually a Copy of a Viennese original that was made between 1744 and 1749, of which there is an example in the Victoria & Albert Museum (inv. C.95-1923, D’AGLIANO2010,p.130, fig.2)with some variations. At the Richard-Ginori factory in Sesto Fiorentino there is a version in biscuit (B-1077) cast in the 1960s from the original model (D’AGLIANO2010, p. 130, fig. 3); in the Museo di Doccia there is an old model in terracotta (inv.1908,D’AGLIANO2001,p.259). A slightly different version is at the Museo Duca di Martina in Naples (inv. 1998). A. d’A. Bibliography: LANE 1954, plate 60A; GINORI LISCI 1963, plate XXXIII; LISE 1991 (1975), p. 34, cat. 118 (not illustrated); R. Jansen, in COMMEDIA DELL’ARTE 2001, p. 261, cat. 268
  • Jansen, Reinhard (ed.), Commedia dell'arte : Fest der Komödianten : Keramische Kostbarkeiten den Museen der Welt, Stuttgart, 2001
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.181-1931

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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