Lot Essay
For a plate with the same arms see Leonardo Ginori Lisci, La Porcellana di Doccia, p. 48, fig. 25 and for a coffee-pot see Oreste Ferrari, Porcellane Italiane del Settecento, p. 109
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A DOCCIA ARMORIAL PLATE FROM THE MARCHESI MARANA SERVICE
Circa 1755
The central accollée arms of Marana and Isola surrounded by purple scrolls and a wreath of coloured garden flowers beneath a gilt coronet, the shaped reeded border with pendant iron-red scrolls forming ru-yi lappets flanked by pendant foliage and iron-red diaper panels, the underside with trailing purple flowers (slight rim chip, some minor rubbing to enamels and gilding)
9 1/2in. (24cm.) diam.
Circa 1755
The central accollée arms of Marana and Isola surrounded by purple scrolls and a wreath of coloured garden flowers beneath a gilt coronet, the shaped reeded border with pendant iron-red scrolls forming ru-yi lappets flanked by pendant foliage and iron-red diaper panels, the underside with trailing purple flowers (slight rim chip, some minor rubbing to enamels and gilding)
9 1/2in. (24cm.) diam.