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Click here to subscribe* A Doccia figure of a grotesque man, wearing a long blue coat and bent back with mouth agape, and two Italian porcelain models of lions, one lying down and the other seated on its haunches, late 18th century, some damages, 11.3cm max. (3) Provenance: from a distinguished private European collection.
* A rare Doccia figure of Il Capitano, from the Commedia dell`arte, wearing a short red tunic under a flowing yellow coat, his left hand placed theatrically on one hip, raised on a small square base, c.1760-65, a little good restoration to his right hand, 13.5cm. Il Capitano (The Captain) is typically a cowardly figure, masking his many negative traits under feigned bravado. He is usually portrayed as Spanish - a reference of the Spanish domination of Italy during the Renaissance and into the 18th century. Provenance: from a distinguished private European collection.
A Fulda coffee pot, a Doccia chocolate pot, a Continental coffee pot and a London-decorated Chinese teapot, all with covers, variously painted with flowers, exotic birds and figures in a landscape, 2nd half 18th century, some damages and restoration, 18.5cm max. (8) From the collection of Anthony Ray (1926-2009), ceramic historian.
A Doccia cup, well painted, possibly by Johann Carl Wendelin Anreiter von Zirnfeld, with a bold allover floral design amidst scattered insects, and a similar Nove porcelain saucer decorated with flowers issuing from rockwork, mid 18th century, hairline crack to the saucer, 11.3cm max. (2) From the collection of Anthony Ray (1926-2009), ceramic historian.
An early Doccia teapot and cover, each side painted with a central orange flower within an arrangement of green foliage and smaller flower sprays, the spout modelled as a mythical serpent, c.1740-45, cracked, 20cm. (2) From the collection of Anthony Ray (1926-2009), ceramic historian and by repute formerly in the collection of Arthur Lane (1909-1963). Cf. Arthur Lane, Italian Porcelain, pl.45A for a teapot of similar form in the V&A museum..
A Doccia style porcelain jewellery casket late 19th/early 20th century, relief moulded with scenes of cherub craftsmen at work beneath a cloudy sky, the lid with an interlaced vine border and gilt metal mounts, crowned `N` mark to base, 5.5in (14cm) wide, together with a Doccia style porcelain chocolate pot and two chocolate cups, with orange coral style handles and decorated in relief with classical scenes, with crowned `N` marks, pot 6.5in (16.5cm) high, cups lack covers (4).
A Doccia-style two-handled cup, cover and saucer, moulded with swans, ducks and grebes, a pastille burner modelled as a cottage, and a Bloor Derby vase of flowers, 19th century and later, minor damages, 15.5cm max. (5) Provenance: From the collection formerly at Hinton House, Hinton Charterhouse and thence by descent.
A Doccia coffee cup, c.1765, enamelled and gilt with flowers; a Chinese huashi teabowl with underglaze blue flowers; another with enamelled insects, damaged, all mid 18th Century; and a St. Cloud pomade pot, early 18th Century with underglaze blue scrollwork, B mark, stained, lacks lid (4) no. 364; no. 261
An Italian Pottery Ice Pail and Cover, perhaps Doccia, circa 1790, of cylindrical two-handled form, the dished cover with connecting C scroll handle, decorated overall with overglaze polychrome enamel colours in parcel gilt, with leaf moulded angular flat-applied handles, and raised on three bun feet, 24.5cm high See illustration
* A Doccia snuff box, mid 18th century, of rectangular form with gilt metal mounts, the hinged lid decorated in basso relievo istoriato with Chronos, two putti holding a cracked shield flanked by moulded cartouches of profile portrait busts, the base painted with Leda and the swan, the interior cover painted with a couple in a landscape scene, 4 cm high.
A late 19th century Doccia blanc de chine coffee pot with moulded decoration of classical figures with branch form handle and griffin head swan neck spout, the pull off cover with ball finial, unmarked; together with a matched pair of cups and saucers with underglaze blue mark (5) teapot 22cm high
A 19th century Italian Doccia teapot of globular form the cover decorated with relief putti the body decorated to each side with classical landscape scene depicting nude women bathing the scrolling handle and dragon form spout highlighted in gilt 21cm high For a similar example at the Ashmolean Museum Oxford see plate 451 Alessandre Mottola Molfino 'L'Arte delle Porcellene in Italia' published by Bramante 1976
An Art Deco Richard-Ginori Doccia Porcelain vase by Gio Ponti, of goblet form, enamelled with a modern version of the Rape of the Sabines, as pairs of men in evening dress each carrying a naked woman, against an orange-striped ground, the interior also orange striped, the base signed 'Gio Ponti 1925' in gold, titled 'Ralto Delle Sabine 1925' in blue enamel, 'Italia Richard-Ginori Pittoria Di Doccia 1924' printed mark in black and gold, 'Richard Ginori 25 9' printed mark in underglaze green 1925, 18.5cm high
Continental porcelain to include: a Doccia coffee cup and saucer painted with polychrome flora, a Tourney dish with moulded flutes painted in underglaze blue with flora issuing from rockwork, also a hardpaste saucer painted with dry blue flora in the style of Worcester, late 18th and early 19th centuries (rim chip to Tourney dish) (4)
A Doccia soup plate circa 1740-1745 decorated a stampino in underglaze-blue with a central bouquet of flowers within a strapwork and foliate border around the rim 23cm., 9.25in. some damage A similar slightly larger dish was sold at Sotheby's New York, 21st May 2004, lot 24; another closely related dish is illustrated by A. Mottola Molfino, L'Arte della Porcellana in Italia, cat.no.403