COUPLE, SHOWER, MANIFATTURA GINORI, 1745-1750 porcelain cup painted in blue monochrome, cylindrical body with volute handle clearly derived from silverware models of the same period. The decoration, which covers almost the entire surface of the cup, is formed by a vine of flowers and leaves that seems to spring from stylized rocks, placed above a meadow; the decoration is closed by a double parallel line at the base and a single line at the edge; the handle attachment is decorated with four small leaves, clearly of oriental derivation; h. 6,8 cm. 6.8 cm A GINORI CUP, DOCCIA, 1745-1750 Comparative bibliography M. Burresi (ed.), La manifattura toscana dei Ginori. Doccia 1737-1791, Pisa 1998, p. 68 n. 45, p. 131 fig. 45 "RTF to HTML .Net".

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