Italian, Doccia Ginori factory, late 19th century

modelled by Urbano Lucchesi (1844-1906) as a bust of a fashionable young woman above a winged animal mask flanked by laurel leaves, blue painted Ginori and crown mark

There is restoration to the ruff collar of her bodice and to the reverse located where the piercing for hanging it, both areas fluoresce when viewed under a UV light. On her collar there are two repaired chips.
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For a discussion of the work of Urbano Lucchesi, sculptor and artistic director at Doccia (1876-1906), see R. Balleri, 'Urbano Lucchesi ( 1844-1906): direttore artistico della Manifattura di Doccia dal 1876 al 1906', in Amici di Doccia III, 2009, pp. 44-83, where a similar model is illustrated, fig. 10, p. 56.