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

Bowl

first half 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl with cover and stand of tin-glazed hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded. Painted with roses in four panels.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Bowl
  • Cover
  • Stand
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded
Brief description
Bowl with cover and stand of tin-glazed hard-paste porcelain, Doccia porcelain factory, Doccia, first half 19th century
Physical description
Bowl with cover and stand of tin-glazed hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded. Painted with roses in four panels.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30.9cm
  • Width: 58.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
A star (In red)
Gallery label
Bowl with Cover and Stand Tin-glazed porcelain Mark: a star, in red ITALY (DOCCIA); about 1780 Mrs T.R.E Hole Bequest C.257 to B-1987 (Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mrs T.R.E. Hole
Subjects depicted
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. 105, Cat. 92 92. Bowl with cover and plate first half of the 19th century hard-paste porcelain with tin-glaze painted in colours and gold bowl h 12,5 cm; plate diam. 22,5 cm under the cup a red asterisk inv. C.257 to B-1987 bequest: Mrs T.R.E. Hole This bowl has a shape that is typical of Ginori and was already in use in the 18th century (see cat. 78), but the combination of different decorative motifs is unusual for Doccia. In fact, although the floral motif with roses was widely used at the factory starting in the mid-18th century, the presence of repeating geometrical motifs along the ribs and areas painted in yellow are anomalous. The handles are also attached in a peculiar way which partially covers some of the floral decorations. The characteristics of the decoration suggest a date of manufacture in the first half of the 19th century. The mark painted in red under the cup is not the usual Doccia star and is a further confirmation that this piece is a typical. Another hypothesis might have been the intention, independent of the factory of Doccia, to assign the piece to another manufacturer, probably Le Nove di Bassano. L.F.M. and O.R. Bibliography: unpublished
Collection
Accession number
C.257 to B-1987

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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