Doccia porcelain

Bowl with painted relief decoration, c. 1760, hard-paste porcelain
This Massimiliano Soldani, Pietà, c. 1745, from a modello of 1711–13 is perhaps the largest early Doccia piece, over 3 feet wide, and moulded in 18 sections[1]
Part of tea-service, 1750s – the designs of playing naked boys are adapted from the print series Les jeux et plaisirs de l'enfance ("The games and pleasures of Childhood"), 1657, Paris, after Jacques Stella

Doccia porcelain, now usually called Richard-Ginori (or Ginori 1735; previously known as the Doccia porcelain manufactory), at Doccia, a frazione of Sesto Fiorentino, near Florence, was in theory founded in 1735 by marchese Carlo Ginori near his villa, though it does not appear to have produced wares for sale until 1746.[2] It has remained among the most important Italian porcelain factories ever since.

In its first decades it was unusual in producing, alongside the usual tablewares and vases, etc, porcelain versions of statuettes and small sculptures, intended as bronzes, by Florentine sculptors of several decades earlier. After the death of its founder in 1757 the factory concentrated on producing more conventional wares, often borrowing styles from larger factories in Germany and France.

Following its merger with Società Richard of Milan in the late 1800s, the company was renamed Richard-Ginori. By 2013 it was in bankruptcy and was subsequently acquired by Gucci.[3][4] It now uses "Ginori 1735" as its brand.

  1. ^ Le Corbeiller, 15
  2. ^ Battie, 103
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYT02713 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Povoledo, Elisabetta (April 23, 2013). "Gucci Spells Out Plans for Porcelain Brand". The New York Times. Retrieved April 24, 2013.