Dish
1870-1877 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Dish, deep. Tin-glazed earthenware earthenware, painted in colours with a figure of Cupid and a border of grotesques.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted, glazed |
| Brief description | Dish, tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours, made by G Fanucchi pottery, Florence, Italy, 1870-77 |
| Physical description | Dish, deep. Tin-glazed earthenware earthenware, painted in colours with a figure of Cupid and a border of grotesques. |
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| Object history | Bought from the art dealer William Campbell Spence, Florence in 1877. William Campbell Spence (1849-1927 living at 6, Via Micheli, Florence, Italy) was the son of William Blundell Spence (1814-1900) a painter, art collector and dealer. |
| 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
p. 150, Cat. 134
134. Plate with Cupid in the centre and
grotesque decorations on the rim
circa 1877
Giuseppe Fanucchi
maiolica painted in colours
diam. 29,2 cm
no mark
inv. 708-1877
purchase: William Campbell Spence, £ 1.15.0
Bibliography: unpublished
Giuseppe Fanucchi was active at Doccia starting in 1872 as a painter of artistic maiolica (AMDarm. 2, palch. 1, cart. 12, n. 212). These two plates are the only ones that we know of that were signed by Fanucchi and demonstrate his activity as an independent artist. Along with the three plates by Torelli (cat. 698,703,711) they show how the success of the revival of Renaissance maiolica had reached a level such as to encourage the foundation of new factories specializing in this type of ceramics and able to challenge the means and the prestige of Ginori. The two plates are of excellent quality; the one with the monkey inside a frame also shows a certain originality in the composition with respect to the Renaissance models and the intention to create new iconographical subjects. For other plates sold by the art dealer W.C. Spence in Florence, see catt. 127-132.
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| Accession number | 708-1877 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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