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

Tray

late 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tray of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded. Moulded in the form of a vine leaf, gilt-edged, with a stalk forming a handle. Painted in the middle with a garden scene.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded
Brief description
Tray of hard-paste porcelain, Cozzi pottery factory, Venice, late 18th century.
Physical description
Tray of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded. Moulded in the form of a vine leaf, gilt-edged, with a stalk forming a handle. Painted in the middle with a garden scene.
Dimensions
  • Width: 16.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
An anchor (In red)
Gallery label
Tray Porcelain Mark: an anchor, in red ITALY (VENICE, COZZI); late 18th century Gift of Mrs Herbert Allen (Maude Louise Allen) C.145-1922 (Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995)
Credit line
Given by Mrs Herbert Allen (Maude Louise Allen)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
D'Agliano, Andreina, ed. Porcellane Italiane dalla Collezione Lokar, Silvana Editoriale, Milan, 2013. Published with dual text in Italian and English. The Cozzi section was catalogued by Luca Melegati. In its introduction, 71p, he states: 'Of the many readily recognizable decorations characteristic of the manufactory, the bersò a merlo d'oro, with its views of Italian gardens, remains one of the most successful.' There are two examples of items with this decoration in the Lokar collection, nos. 42 and 43. In the entry for no. 42, a plate, he states: 'The decoration described as 'a bersò', includes figures mingling under the porticoes and pergolas of Venetian villas. Such scenes were usually taken from poetical compositions and frontispieces dedicated to noble Venetian women (see Pettoello 2005, p. 645). Popular at the Cozzi factory, these idylls went on being produced after this date [1770-75]...'
Collection
Accession number
C.145-1922

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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