Vase
1790-1800 (made)
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Vase of tin-glazed hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Beaker-shaped with a flaring mouth. Painted with bouquets and detached sprigs of roses and other flowers. At the top is a garland border and line in crimson. At the foot is a border of foliage, lines and dots in blue and brown. Opaque white glaze.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels |
| Brief description | Vase of tin-glazed hard-paste porcelain, Doccia porcelain factory, Doccia, 1790-1800 |
| Physical description | Vase of tin-glazed hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Beaker-shaped with a flaring mouth. Painted with bouquets and detached sprigs of roses and other flowers. At the top is a garland border and line in crimson. At the foot is a border of foliage, lines and dots in blue and brown. Opaque white glaze. |
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| Gallery label | Vase
Tin-glazed porcelain
ITALY (DOCCIA); last quarter of 18th century
C.96-1930
(Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995) |
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| Bibliographic reference | 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
pp. 101-102, Cat. 85
85. Vase decorated with flowers
1790-1800
hard-paste porcelain with tin-glaze painted with
colours
h 21,3 cm
no mark
inv. C.96-1930
purchase: £ 4
This vase with a tapered neck is a shape usually referred to as a trumpet vase and is decorated with little bouquets of flowers “al mazzetto” (see cat. 90). It is interesting to note that there were several different versions of this motif: the bouquet on this vase and the trailing vine with tiny leaves is also found on a broth bowl (A. d’Agliano, in LUCCA E LE PORCELLANE 2001, p. 151, cat. 92). The simplicity of the decoration suggests a date between the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century. This type of decoration was probably used for a more ordinary type of production which was intended to satisfy the growing market for complete table services by a wider clientele.
L.F.M.
Bibliography: unpublished |
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| Accession number | C.96-1930 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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