Lot 460
  • 460

An early Doccia écuelle and cover circa 1737-45

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
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Description

painted in blue with broad panels of flowering peony branches (6.5cm., 16in. across handles), together with a rare Doccia blue and white plate, circa 1750, printed a riporto with a painter at his easel, 22.5cm., 8¾in. (hair crack), a fluted dish printed a stampino with trailing branches (23.5cm. 9¼in., rim chips) and a silver-shaped dish, circa 1745, with  a ribboned bouquet of flowers,

Exhibited

(the second) Exhibited in 'La manifattura Toscana dei Ginori Doccia 1737-1791', Pisa 1998, cut. no. 31

Literature

(the second) Roberto Bondi, 'La decorazione a riporto nella produzione primitiva di Doccia', in Faenza, 1971

Condition

Ecuelle and cover- good condition. Please not that it i sonly 6in. across the handles and not 16in as stated in the catalogue. Plate- feint starcrack to centre. Circular dish- four small rim chips. Some discolouration . Silver shaped dish- good condition.
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