Cup and Saucer
ca. 1755 (made)
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Cup and saucer of hard-paste glazed porcelain, moulded and gilded.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste glazed porcelain, moulded and gilded |
| Brief description | Cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain, Doccia porcelain factory, Doccia, ca. 1755. |
| Physical description | Cup and saucer of hard-paste glazed porcelain, moulded and gilded. |
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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. 86-87, Cat. 68
68. Cup and saucer decorated with
chinoiserie
circa 1755
hard-paste porcelain painted in gold
cup h 8,1 cm; saucer diam. 13,2 cm
no mark
inv. C.85&A-1929
purchase: W.W. Winkworth, £ 6
A cup and saucer decorated with Chinese dignitaries painted in gold. This type of decoration was described in various ways: in May of 1744 it is described as “white with figures all in gold” (AGL, I, 2, f. 39, Fabbrica delle Porcellane di Doccia. Scritture e Documenti, fasc. 4), with reference not only to cups with gilding only at the base and the rim but probably also those completely gilded on the inside. Later, around 1747, we find mention of cups “completely gilded inside with gold figures in 2 places and gold foot”, with specific reference to this more expensive and complex type of decoration (AGL, XV, 2, f. 138, Manifattura di Doccia. Documenti vari, c. 484). Around the same time the factory was also producing a simpler version described as “a similar service with Chinese figures but not so much gold” (AGL, XV, 2, f. 138,Manifattura di Doccia. Documenti vari, c. 484). This decoration was almost certainly inspired by the chinoiserie that had been experimented with at Meissen starting around 1723, especially in polychrome versions (HOFFMEISTER 1999, vol. I, p. 44-75, cat. 14-34), but it would appear to have a closer connection with the interpretations of the motif painted in the workshops of the hausmaler in Augsburg, Abraham Seuter and his brother Bartholomaus (PIETSCH 1998, p. 197) and that of the Aufenwerth family (SCHOMMERS, GRIGAT-HUNGER 2004, p. 226- 227, plate 85), where they also made these decorations in etched gold on white pieces From Meissen. Since many products of Doccia have painting of a superb quality which is not always to be found on the rare examples we have with this type of decoration (STAZZI 1964, p. 22, plate 11; GINORI LISCI 1963, p. 46, fig. 18; A. Biancalana in LUCCA E LE PORCELLANE DELLA MANIFATTURA GINORI, p. 87, cat. 15; BIANCALANA 2009, p. 154), it is probable that Carl Wendelin Anreiter was the first artist to decorate porcelain objects in this manner at Doccia (BIANCALANA 2009, p. 127-138). This type of decoration, in any case, must have been very successful because it lasted for many years and was executed by several other artists, chiefly Giuseppe Nincheri (called ilMonachina, active in the Doccia factory from 1739 to 1759), until at least the 1760s (AGL, XV, 2, f. 138,Manifattura di Doccia. Documenti vari, fasc. 6).
A.B.
Bibliography: MORAZZONI 1935, plate CXXXV
(attributed to Cozzi); MEISTER, REBER 1980, p.
96, plate 118 |
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| Accession number | C.85&A-1929 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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