Platter (one of a set)
Medium
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
W. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm.); L. 12 in. (30.5 cm.)
Classification
Ceramics-Porcelain
Culture
Italian, Florence
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1906
Accession Number
06.372a
Tags
About the Artist
Doccia Porcelain Manufactory|Johann Karl Wendelin Anreiter von Zirnfeld|Marchese Carlo Ginori|Jacopo Ligozzi · 1737–1896
The Doccia Porcelain Manufactory, founded in 1737 by Marquis Carlo Ginori near Florence, holds the distinction of being Italy's first hard-paste porcelain manufacturer and one of the few European porcelain enterprises to survive from the eighteenth century to the present day without interruption. Unlike most contemporary ventures — which depended on the patronage and protection of ruling courts — ...