Factory: Doccia Porcelain Factory
Hard-paste porcelain dish painted in enamels al tulipano and gilt
Hard-paste porcelain with greyish-white tin-glaze, painted in blue, green, and red enamels, and lightly gilded. Circular with a wavy moulded edge with six indents and lobes, slightly concave rim, curved sides and almost flat central area, standing on a footrim, formed by recessing the base. The well is decorated 'al tulipano' with a large red flower with serrated petals, surrounded by other red and blue flowers and green and red foliage, the latter outlined and veined in gold. The rim has six sprays of blue and green foliage and flowers, with gold centres. There is a small splodge of green on the rim at about 6 o'clock.
History note: Mr Sheldon, Manchester, from whom purchased for £10 on 17 December 1925 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 29.5 cm
Height: 3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J.W.L.
18th Century, third quarter
Circa
1780
CE
-
1800
CE
Variants of this pattern, described as 'al tulipano' (tulip), was used on Doccia tableware from about 1745 until the beginning of the 19th century. Despite its name, the design was derived from the peony motifs on Chinese porcelain. There is a smaller dish with a comparable floral design in the Victoria and Albert Museum (C.153-1922).
Decoration composed of enamel ( blue, green, red, and yellow) gold
greyish-white, except for footrim
Tin-glaze
Hard-paste porcelain
Tin-glazing : Hard-paste porcelain covered with a greyish-white uneven glaze, possibly containing tin-oxide, painted overglaze in blue, green, red, and yellow enamels, and gilded
Accession number: C.3206-1928
Primary reference Number: 206701
Old object number: 4770
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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