Doccia Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

A fine antique topographical porcelain coffee or chocolate pot. By the Doccia porcelain manufactory circa 1820. With painted enamel topograph...

A dinner service comprising six dinner dishes and six soup dishes made by the Doccia Porcelain Manufactory, circa 1750. Italy was the site of Europ...

Offered here for your consideration is, A fine antique topographical porcelain cup & saucer. By Doccia porcelain manufactory circa 1820. ...

A golden porcelain bottle with the application of hand-modeled white flowers in relief this beautiful piece was designed by the Italian master Gio Ponti and manufactured by Richard Ginori Pittoria di Doccia between 1923 and 1938. This porcelain bottle was originally presented at the 1935 Paris exhibition L'art italien des XIX et XX siècles. The manufacturer brand 'Richard Ginori Pittoria di Doccia' is visible under the base. The design of this piece was documented in the Gio Ponti catalog shaped in close collaboration with the Gio Ponti Archives and its founder Salvatore Licitra, edited by Taschen. The history of the Ginori Manufactory began in Doccia, just a stone's throw away from Florence, when in 1735 Marquis Carlo Andrea Ginori started a porcelain factory which was destined to become a worldwide icon of style. The eighteenth-century is a key century for the development of porcelain in Europe, in this period the first manufactures are born, fed by new styles and international trends. In stately homes, palaces and courtyards, the precious porcelain of the Doccia Manufactory is synonymous with elegance and refinement. The passage from the nineteenth, the century of reason to that of feeling marks a new chapter in the development of artistic taste and the manufacture of porcelain. Florence becomes the scene of a controversy between the academic supporters of the Beautiful ideal and the naturalists promulgators of the beautiful natural Since 1806 the direction of the Manifattura passed to Leopoldo Carlo Ginori Lisci who initiates a process of profound renewal. In 1986 The Manifattura expanded and the Richard Ginori Ceramic Company is born. The tradition of master craftsmen meets new technologies and the creations are perfected thanks to the use of new patents From 1923 to 1933 the artistic direction of the Manifattura was entrusted to Gio Ponti. The master is responsible for introducing highly innovative elements with sensitivity and respect for the taste for the ancient, and for the oriental culture. In 1925 at the Universal Exposition in Paris, the Manifattura and its artistic director were awarded the assignment to both of a Grand Prix. The Manufactory was renewed by relying on the experience of the greatest Italian designers of the time: Franco Albini, Franca Helg, Antonio Piva, Sergio Asti, Achille Castiglioni, Gabriele Devecchi, Candido Fior...

Pair of perforated white porcelain baskets, Doccia manufactory, late 18th century. The Doccia porcelain manufactory, near Florence, was founded in 1735 by Marchese Carlo Ginori near ...

Doccia floral plate. Antique Italian scallop-edge plate with hand-painted and gilt floral sprays, Italy, circa 1770. Dimensions: 8.5" diameter x 1" height.

Antique Italian Doccia scallop-edge soup plate with hand-painted floral sprays, Italy, circa 1770s Dimension: 9.25" diameter x 1.63" deep.

A very fine antique Italian Doccia Topographical porcelain neoclassical cup & saucer. By Doccia Porcelain Manufactory circa 1820. With pa...

St. John the Revelator white porcelain sculpture. An early white Doccia porcelain figure of St. John the Revelator on the isle of Patmos. “‘And He sai...

Doccia, Richard Ginori 1750 porcelain tea pot with multi-color floral drawings, Italy. This porcelain tea pot with multicolors floral drawing is an elegant piece, useful to enrich ...

A fine antique topographical porcelain waste bowl. By Doccia porcelain manufactory circa 1820. With painted enamel topographical scenes, ...

Doccia white porcelain caryatid sculpture. A Doccia neoclassical model of a caryatid with one hand outstretched. Italy, circa 1770s Dimension: 2" ...

A fine antique topographical porcelain teapot. By Doccia Porcelain Manufactory circa 1820. With painted enamel topographical scenes: each...

This elegant sauce terrin was handmade by the well known Italian factory Doccia, in the circa 1750. The Doccia products are pieces to collect. This sauce terrin with floral drawings...