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18th Century Italian Doccia Porcelain Dinner Service

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A dinner service comprising six dinner dishes and six soup dishes made by the Doccia Porcelain Manufactory, circa 1750. Italy was the site of Europe’s first porcelain production: in Florence between 1575 and 1587 under the patronage of Francesco I de’ Medici. The Doccia Porcelain Manufactory, founded nearly 200 years later, continued the tradition of Italian porcelain with a hard-paste body that was later glazed with a tin glaze. This dinner set is decorated with the al tulipano motif, a design that is one of the most prevalent in Doccia wares. The central flower is not a tulip but an interpretation of the peonies used in the Chinese Famille Rose porcelain. Dimensions: - Soup dishes: 9 1/4 in. diameter x 1 1/2 in. height (23.1 cm diameter x 3.8 cm height) - Dinner dishes: 9 1/4 in. diameter x 1 in. height (23.1 cm diameter x 2.4 cm height) Condition: Excellent. Light wear to enamels throughout commensurate with age and use. Faint use marks visible on some dishes. One dinner plate with chip to underside of rim measuring 1 cm. Note: 1 dinner dish and 2 soup dishes are not transparent, a characteristic of porcelain. These 3 dishes are porcelain with a tin glaze which makes them opaque and dates them to 1790-1800. References: Gardiner Museum, G96.5.379 Metropolitan Museum of Art 1973.208, 1985.384.1 and 1985.384.2 Victoria & Albert Museum C.6771917, C.2841915, C.1531922, C.5131914, C.1521922.
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  • Dimensions:
    Height: 1 in (2.54 cm)Diameter: 9.25 in (23.5 cm)
  • Sold As:
    Set of 12
  • Style:
    Rococo (Of the Period)
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  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1750
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. Light wear to enamels throughout commensurate with age and use. Faint use marks visible on some dishes. One dinner plate with chip to underside of rim measuring 1 cm.
  • Seller Location:
    Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 2020.20.11stDibs: LU5643222712382

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