Antique Porcelain & Fine Arts

Doccia Fantastic Tureen

This is a fantastic tureen / terrine with its lid and underplate made by Doccia / Ginori in about 1775. All three pieces are handpainted with a superb design that I cannot find even in all the Doccia books I own. It consists of some birds of paradise with blue rocks, flowers and laves, and a church type building that looks like a castle with a big tree in front of it. Nice fancy floral trim to the edge and two blue and puce handles on the main body with a figural finial on the lid. The set is rather large but still extremely elegant! The set is made with a tin glaze to cover the not so white porcelain paste of the time. This was used around the 1770's. The set is in amazing condition with the underplate colors being a tiny bit worn in the center, a small chip to the edge of the platter as shown which doesn't affect the shape and would be a very easy fix. The finial on the lid has once broken off and was reglued which could be improved upon. Some firing faults one would expect on a piece this large and old but very few with the only larger one being on the iside by the one handle as shown in the pictures. The set is not marked which is fairly normal for them but the shape and colors are definitely by them during this period. The platter is 1.875 inches tall, 15.5 inches wide and 12.5 inches deep. The turreen and lid are 10 inches tall, 14 inches wide and 9.25 inches deep. Probably the best tureen I have seen by them and certainly a fun piece! Please email me for more information or other pictures.

Price is $9999
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