Sugar bowl with cover (part of a service)
ca. 1760
Medium
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
H. 4 in. (10.2 cm.); Diam. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm.)
Classification
Ceramics-Porcelain
Culture
Italian, Florence
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of George F. Baker, 1931
Accession Number
31.132.3a, b
Tags
About the Artist
Doccia Porcelain Manufactory · 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 — ...