An important Doccia armorial beaker circa 1740

painted by Carl Anreiter with the arms of Principessa Anna Maria Luisa de Medici, Electress Palatine, within a gilt cartouche, the reverse with a cavalry procession, linked by quatrefoil landscape reserves in puce camaieu

Illustrated by G. Lisci, La Porcellana di Doccia, p.V. (a) and (b); in K.F.S. no 40, October 1957, figs 1 and 2.; and by G. Morazzoni and S. Levy, Le Porcellane Italiane, pl. 168b

Thre is a very fine haircrack, running downwards from the bottom right hand corner of the rectangular painted panel, extending along the gilt foot and finishing on the bottom left hand corner of the rectangular panel. Not visible on the interior of teh beaker. Minor wear to gilding
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This celebrated beaker, one of only two known, may well be from the earliest armorial porcelain service at Doccia, given the terminus ad quem of the death of the Principessa in February 1743. Last of the Medicis, she was the daughter of Cosimo III, Grand Duke of Tuscany. The companion beaker from the Blohm collection was sold at Sotheby's, 23rd May 1967, lot 70, and again at Christie's London, 10th April 1989, lot 79. The battle scenes in the two pieces, as well as on a similar beaker illustrated by A. d'Agliano, Settecento Europeo  e Barocco Toscano, no.4 are thought to be from a series of studies from the Spanish War of Succession from engravings by Jeremias Wolf at Augsburg after Paul Decker the Younger.