Plate Depicting the Tomb of Cecilia Metella, from a "Topographical" Dinner or Dessert Service ("A Vedute")
Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Circular plate of grayish porcelain with blue band between two gilt lines around rim; gilt-bordered circular medallion in center with polychrome ruins of Sepolcro di Cecilia Metella.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Manufacturer
- Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735
- Probably
- Ferdinando Ammannati, Italian, before 1781 – after 1823
- Giovan Battista Fanciullacci, Italian, 1745 – 1825
- Date
- ca. 1810–1820
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
- Medium
- hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
- Dimensions
- H x diam.: 2.5 x 24 cm (1 x 9 7/16 in.)
- Type
- ceramics
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- plate
- Type
- plate
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