Dish
Doccia
Category
Ceramics
Date
1750 - 1760
Materials
Ceramic
Measurements
200 x 180 x 143 mm
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 848702.1
Summary
Sweetmeat dish. Doccia. c.1750-60. Low, shaped bases with scrolled edges, surmounted by putto sitting on dolphin, holding shell on top of his head. Bases left white, dolphins streaked green, brown, blue and yellow. Shells picked out in red.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. Acquired by the National Trust in 1956 under the auspices of the National Land Fund, later the National Heritage Memorial Fund
Makers and roles
Doccia , porcelain manufacturer
Exhibition history
The Prince's Fragile Treasures. the Paths of Porcelain Between Vienna and Florence, Palazzo Pitti, Florence, 2018 - 2019