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Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Bowl and Cover

ca. 1755-1758 (made)
Artist/Maker
Doccia Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Doccia (made)

Bowl and cover of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded with the coat of arms of Captain Augustus Hervey of Bristol.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Bowl and cover
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Bowl
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Hard Paste Porcelain
Enamels
Painted
Gilded
Brief description
Bowl and cover of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Doccia porcelain factory, Doccia, ca. 1755-1758.
Physical description
Bowl and cover of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded with the coat of arms of Captain Augustus Hervey of Bristol.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13cm
  • Diameter: 16cm
Gallery label
BOWL AND COVER Porcelain The Arms and motto of Hervey, Earls of Bristol, probably made for George William Hervey (second Earl) while envoy at Turin 1755-58 ITALY (DOCCIA); about 1755-58 C.569 & A-1925 (Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995)
Object history
Captain Augustus Hervey of Bristol met Carlo Ginori in 1753 in Livorno where he [Ginori] had been appointed governor in 1746.
Formerly thought probably to have been made for George William Hervey (second Earl) while envoy at Turin 1755-58.
Subjects depicted
Arms
Flowers
Insects
Bibliographic references
  • Kräftner, J. Baroque Luxury Porcelain: The Manufacturers of Du Paquier in Vienna and of Carlo Ginori in Florence , Liechtenstein Museum, 2005, p.289
  • 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 p34, Cat. 9 9. Bowl and cover 1755-1757 hard-paste porcelain painted in colours and gold h 13 cm; width 16 cm no mark inv. C.569&A-1925 purchase: A. Spero, £ 20 This bowl is painted on one side and on the cover with red and green flowers and insects and, on the other side, with the coat-of-arms of Captain Augustus Hervey painted in red, purple and gold. Beneath the arms there is a white ribbon with the motto of the Hervey family “ON OUBLIERAY JAMAIS”. This bowl, which is missing the matching plate that goes underneath it, like the Stoppani coffee pot (cat. 8) is an excellent example of the porcelain being manufactured by Ginori at the end of the First Period, which had achieved such a superb quality in its decorations that it was being ordered by customers outside of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. In fact, the coat-of arms that appears on this bowl is that of Captain Augustus Hervey of Bristol who met Carlo Ginori in 1753 in Livorno where Ginori had been appointed governor in 1746. Augustus Hervey, was the son of the second Earl Hervey and Mary Leppell, and had a brilliant career in the British navy. Hervey mentioned this meeting in the diary he wrote from1746 to 1759 in which he states that on June 10th 1753 he met the Governor of Livorno (A. d’Agliano, in BAROQUE LUXURY PORCELAIN 2005, p. 289, cat. 114 and ERSKINE 1953, p. 145; also See MANNERS 2007, p. 450-451).Many years later, in 1868 the third Marquis of Bristol, Frederick William Hervey, bought an important set of 18th-century Ginori porcelain which was sold to him as Capodimonte and is still in the family residence in Ickworth, Suffolk (WINTER 2008, p. 12-39). A. d’A. Bibliography: LANE 1954, p. 35, plate 49a; A. d’Agliano, in BAROQUE LUXURY PORCELAIN 2005, p. 289, cat. 114; MANNERS 2007, p. 451, fig. 55g
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.569&A-1925

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Record createdMarch 9, 2006
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