English and European Ceramics and Glass - 18th October 2017

Lot 1505

A Doccia cup and saucer c.1770-80

Estimate £350 - £450

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Description

A Doccia cup and saucer c.1770-80, painted in puce monochrome with buildings beneath trees in a European landscape, the rim with gilt C scroll designs on a deep blue ground, and a small Continental porcelain plaque painted with a figure on horseback, framed and glazed, the plaque probably cut from a saucer, 14.5cm max. (3)

Cf. Leonardo Ginori Lisci, La Porcellana di Doccia, pl.LIII, for a plate with similar landscape decoration.