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Plate Depicting the "Grotta di Posillipo", from a Topographical Dinner or Dessert Service Plate
This is a plate. It was manufactured by Doccia Porcelain Factory. It is dated ca. 1810 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This object was
bequest of
Erskine Hewitt.
It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.
- Baptistry or Church Architectural Model
- carved and turned bone veneer, gilt metal, wood.
- Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
- 2013-3-2-a,b
Its dimensions are
H x diam.: 2.5 x 24 cm (1 x 9 7/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Underside: [1] "G" or "C", impressed or incised
It is inscribed
Underside: [1] "Grotta di Posilipo. [sic]", painted in black overglaze
Cite this object as
Plate Depicting the "Grotta di Posillipo", from a Topographical Dinner or Dessert Service Plate; Manufactured by Doccia Porcelain Factory (Italy); Italy; hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold; H x diam.: 2.5 x 24 cm (1 x 9 7/16 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-450-s
