Italian, Doccia factory, circa 1745

of oval silver form with ribbon-tied reeded and scroll moulded rim, painted in the centre with naturalistic brightly coloured flowers, the border painted with four spaced flower sprays and insects

Ruggero Schiff-Giorgini, Rome (paper label to reverse)

Vienna, Liechtenstein Museum, Baroque Luxury Porcelain, 2005-2006

A. Mottola Molfino, L'arte della porcellana in italia, il Veneto e la Toscana, Busto Arsizio, 1976, fig. 416;
J. Kräftner (ed.) Baroque Luxury Porcelain, exh. cat., Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna 2005, pp. 157-177.

A large and rare Doccia Ginori factory porcelain dish painted with roses and other flowers, circa 1745 In generally good condition. There is some typical uneven surface colouring and glaze distribution. Some of the points of the moulded rim are chipped, visible in the catalogue illustration.
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The form of flower painting can be compared to Du Paquier porcelains that were being produced fifteen years earlier. The Doccia factory retained collections of engravings of flowers, and it seems probable that the painters were using the same prints that were available in Vienna.

Ruggero Schiff-Giorgini (1882-1940) worked as an archaeologist and was a member of the well known Schiff dynasty of academics.