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Pair of Doccia Sweetmeat Dishes
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Dates
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Circa 1780
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Medium
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Porcelain
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Origin
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Italy
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Description
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Pair of Doccia sweetmeat dishes - hard-paste porcelain moulded in the form of a leaves, the stalk forming the handle.
12.5cm Wide (from tip of leaf to end of stalk)
12cm Deep
The Doccia porcelain manufactory, at Doccia, a frazione of Sesto Fiorentino, near Florence, was founded in 1735 by Marchese Carlo Ginori (1702–1757), Italian politician (Tuscany).
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Condition
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One has a stress crack and the other has a small area where the glaze has not adhered - All as shown.
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