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Wedgbury
Antiques Continental Porcelain
Dealers And Collectors Of Antique Porcelain |
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A Superb Doccia Vase
18th. Century.
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superb Italian hard paste porcelain vase made at the Doccia
factory (Florence) in the second half of the 18th.Century.
Extensively moulded with relief classical figures, vases, floral
swags and putti. The cover with a putti finial. The square base
painted to imitate marble. The vase is made in several pieces,
the plinth section is bolted to the main vase. The upper part
and handles have been made separately and attached with slip
during manufacture. The relief moulded decoration has been
skilfully painted with a wide range of enamel colours and
gilding. The vase stands 30cm. high including its cover.
The vase has no factory marks. |
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There is no damage to the vase other than numerous firing cracks
which are characteristic of early Doccia porcelain . The Putti
finial on the cover has been broken and re-stuck and has its
arms missing.
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A Berlin Porcelain Cup Stand
c.1790-1800 |
A very well painted cup stand made at the Berlin factory towards
the end of the 18th.Century. Painted in polychrome enamels
with a ornithological subject of a Cockerel, Hen and Chicks in a
rural landscape. Marked with underglaze blue Berlin mark and a
decorators mark. Measures 12.8cm. diameter.
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Very good. No chips, cracks or repairs. Slight
gilding wear.
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Continental Coffee Can c.1810. |
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well painted coffee can, probably made at one of the Paris
hard paste porcelain factories in the early 19th. century. It
could also possibly be Italian of a similar date. Nicely
painted and inscribed; S. Mag: Dalena: (St.
Magdalena)
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| Condition Very
good, no damage and very little wear.
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A
Berlin / Meissen Cup & Saucer.
c.1760-75. |
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interesting and and very unusual 18th.Century German cup &
saucer. The cup is Berlin, the saucer Meissen! I can
only speculate as to the reason why. Possibly it is a
Hausmaler ( outside decorated by an independent workshop
) The saucer has it's mark canceled by a single ground line, indicating
that it was sold by the Meissen factory undecorated.
Decorating studios would buy 'blanks' from any suitable source
and sometimes make up an order with porcelain from different
manufacturers. Another possibility is that items were ordered
to replace breakages and these were supplied by a different
manufacturer or decorating studio. Who knows but for what it's
worth I think the style of decoration is more akin to Berlin
than Meissen. The quality of decoration of both
cup and saucer is extremely high, however this
'marriage' occurred. The saucer is marked in underglaze blue with
a Meissen crossed swords. The cup with an underglaze blue
Berlin scepter. |
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Good, some wear to the
rim gilding of the cup. No chips, cracks or repairs.
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