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

Vase

ca.1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Le Nove Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Italy (made)

Vase, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels


Object details

Object type
Vase
Materials and techniques
hard paste porcelain
Hard Paste Porcelain
Painted
Brief description
IT, P, NAPLES (LE NOVE), 19
Physical description
Vase, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels
Marks and inscriptions
'GB NOVE' (The factory mark is painted on a bale in the harbour)
Gallery label
  • Label for 'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900', Gallery 101, de-canted March 2017: '11 Vase Painted with a Port Scene About 1820 In decorating its Neo-classical wares, the Le Nove factory made great use of engravings published by the Remondini family in the nearby city of Bassano. Scenes of battles and ports were particularly popular. This view of a Mediterranean port was probably the work of Giovanni Marcon, Le Nove's principal painter. Italy, Le Nove; manufactured by Giovanni Baroni Hard-past porcelain, painted in enamels Marked on the bale in the habour scene 'GB NOVE' Museum no. C.18-1950' (08/06/2017)
  • VASE Giovanni Baroni (1802-1825) Manufacturer Taly (Le Nove): about 1820 Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels C.18-1950 The Le Nove factory, better known for its later creamware production, was established in 1728 and was subsequently let to various proprietors. Under Giovanni Baroni the neo-classical tradition was maintained, and much use was made of engravings, printed by Remondini of Bassano, in the Painting of battle and port scenes, This vase shows European merchants in contemporary costume in an oriental or North African port, and may be attributed to the prinicpal painter at Le Nove, Giovanni Marcon. The factory mark GB NOVE is painted on a bale in the harbour.(1987-2006)
Bibliographic reference
Arts Coucil of Great Britain. The Age of Neoclassicism London, 1972, Cat. 1460 (where dated to ca. 1810)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.18-1950

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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