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Ancient Maiolica Cup, Rubati Manufacture, Milan, Circa 1770 - 1780
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Sick cup
Pasquale Rubati Manufacture
Milan, Circa 1770 - 1780
Maiolica decorated in polychrome “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire)
It measures: h 2.36 x 7.4 x 7.87 (h 6 x 19 x 20 cm)
It weighs: 6.17 lb (28 g)
State of conservation: the cup is intact except for a few very thin cracks due to heat on the basin.
Maiolica and porcelain production in the eighteenth century belonged mainly to the great royal families or in any case to the noble families who made the manufacture of ceramic works a source of prestige. In Milan, under Maria Teresa of Austria, the time period witnessed a real opening to new industrialists who, by virtue of the privatizations granted by the government, assumed a real business risk, giving life, albeit not without conflict, to flourishing factories and to production which was among the most elegant and most requested at the moment and which still today remains object of collection.
In Milan in the 18th century, two majolica factories were active. The first was that of Felice Clerici, from 1745, and the second was opened by Pasquale Rubati in 1756, in competition with Felice, for whom he had been a worker. Upon Rubati's death, in 1796, the enterprise was continued for a few years under his son Carlo.
This hemispherical cup, with slight pods and a wavy edge, rests on a low and flat foot. On the sides, just below the mixtilinear edge, there are two horizontal handles which are decorated in relief. On the front, half of the cup is partially closed and, in the lower part of the cup, there is a long spout which curves upwards. This is the typical shape of sick cups: it facilitated the intake of liquids for those who were confined to bed and prevented the contents spilling.
There are polychrome flowers arranged along the body and the decoration of the cover depicts a flower bouquet with a tulip in the center, accompanied by small four petal blue and yellow florets and a sprig of yellow and blue. Some semis of flowers, with two-tone blue and purple petals, scatter leaves on the remaining surface to complete the decoration. The motif, expertly traced within thin manganese outlines, differs from that more commonly known as "alla rosa contornata"( “to the contoured rose”) or "alla vecchia Lodi" (“in old Lodi style”), precisely by virtue of the presence of small multicolored florets. It constitutes one of the most elegant ornamental styles offered by the Milanese Pasquale Rubati manufacture during the 18th century.
In 1760 the innovative “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire) technique expanded the ornamental repertoire with Saxon-inspired floral themes and produced works which could commercially compete with the German porcelains whose most renowned offerings included the naturalistic Deutsche Blumen.
This choice of decoration, which had represented a strong point of the Lodi Ferretti factory, is here elaborated by Pasquale Rubati with results very similar to those obtained by painting on porcelain.
Pasquale Rubati was originally from Lodi, where he had worked at the Rossetti factory. Later he moved, first to Turin and then to Milan, where he is reported among the painters of the Clerici manufacture. Subsequently, he left this factory to open his own. Despite having been accused by Clerici of taking away from his manufacture "the secrets of the colors", that is to say the recipes of the “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire) colors, Pasquale Rubati distinguished himself through his extraordinary talent as a painter and the quality of his works. Indeed, the refinement of the decorations often successfully competed with porcelain.
The cup was published in the 1960's as a work of Lodi production and has only recently been ascribed to be a work similar to others of Rubati manufacture (S. Levy, Maioliche settecentesche lombarde e venete, Milano 1962, tav. 204, e A. Novasconi, S. Ferrari, S. Corvi, La ceramica lodigiana, Lodi 1964, p. 230-231).
Bibliography
S. Levy, Maioliche settecentesche lombarde e venete, Milano 1962, tav 204;
Gregorietti, Maioliche di Lodi, Milano e Pavia (catal.), Milano 1964, p. 17;
A. Novasconi, S. Ferrari, S. Corvi, La ceramica lodigiana, Lodi 1964, p. 230-231O. Ferrari - G. Scavizzi, Maioliche italiane del Seicento e del Settecento, Milano 1965;
M. A. Zilocchi, in Settecento lombardo, Milano 1991;
R. Ausenda (a cura di), Musei e Gallerie di Milano. Museo d’Arti Applicate. Le ceramiche. Tomo secondo, Milano 2000.
- Creator:Pasquale Rubati (Manufacturer)
- Dimensions:Height: 2.37 in (6 cm)Width: 7.49 in (19 cm)Depth: 7.88 in (20 cm)
- Style:Rococo (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:Maiolica,Glazed
- Place of Origin:
- Period:1770-1779
- Date of Manufacture:circa 1770-1780
- Condition:The cup is intact except for a few very thin cracks due to heat on the basin.
- Seller Location:Milano, IT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU4352227500962
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