Saucer
ca. 1740-1745 (made)
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Saucer of hard-paste porcelain with a blue-stencilled decoration. Decorated with concentric blue lines containing wreaths and a spray of flowers stencilled in blue.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain with a blue-stencilled decoration |
| Brief description | Saucer of hard-paste porcelain with a blue-stencilled decoration, Doccia porcelain factory, Doccia, ca. 1740-1745. |
| Physical description | Saucer of hard-paste porcelain with a blue-stencilled decoration. Decorated with concentric blue lines containing wreaths and a spray of flowers stencilled in blue. |
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| Gallery label | Saucer
Porcelain, with blue-stencilled decoration
ITALY (DOCCIA); about 1740-1745
Given by Mrs A. Lane
C.134-1963
(Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995) |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs A. Lane |
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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
p.50, Cat. 25
25. Saucer with stencilled
decoration
circa 1745
hard-paste porcelain painted in monochrome
blue
diam. 12,6 cm
no mark
inv. C.134-1963
gift: Mrs A. Lane
Saucer with underglaze painting in monochrome blue. This kind of decoration was applied with a stencil and is generally referred to as “a stampa” or “a stampino” even though this term never appears in the documents. The decoration used here probably is that described in 1744 as “blau a fiori” (with blue flowers, AGL, I, 2, f. 39, Fabbrica delle Porcellane di Doccia. Scritture e documenti, fasc. 4). Because of a certain inaccuracy in the execution of the decoration which is not very well centered, I believe that this saucer can be dated to around 1745, just slightly earlier than the soup dish (cat. 26). For further historical information, see cat. 26.
A.B.
Bibliography: unpublished |
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| Accession number | C.134-1963 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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