A pair of Doccia porcelain glass coolers, circa 1770
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 EUR
Lot Details
Description
of oval form with foliate scroll handles heightened in blue, decorated ‘a galli rossi’ in iron-red and gilding with four vignettes of cockerels in chinoiserie landscapes above a wave-moulded turquoise border, the upper rim with pendant moulded water motifs in turquoise
39,3 cm, 15 ½ in. long
Marchese P. Misciatelli, Rome (one example);
With fratelli Segre fu Michele, Rome (one example, paper label applied to base).
L. G. Lisci, La Porcelanna di Doccia, Milano, 1963, p. 143 and col. pl. L (one example).
Two forms of glass cooler were made at Doccia. The present lot is an example of the rarer form, distinguished by a bombé shape, wave-moulded borders and rocaille shells and water motifs to the rim, as opposed to the more typical oval shape with a simple scroll handle at each end.
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