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With Balleri, Rita, Biancalana, Alessandro, d'Agliano Andreina, and Rucellai, Oliva, ‘Amici di Doccia Quaderni, - The Victoria and Albert Museum Collection’ numero VII - 2013, Edizioni Polistampa, Firenze, 2014","id":"AUTH332410"},"details":"p. 128, Cat. 118","free":"118. Ashtray with coat-of-arms for\r\nthe Sans Souci restaurant in Rome\r\n1960-1980\r\nRichard-Ginori\r\n“Ariston” porcelain with decal decoration in black and gold\r\n10x10 cm\r\non the back a blue stamp with a snake and crown and two stars, “RICHARD-GINORI/ PORCELLANA ARISTON/\r\nITALY/ 81 R”\r\ninv. C.8-1981\r\ngift: Mr Eduardo Paolozzi\r\nThis ashtray, which was given to the museum by the sculptor Eduardo Paolozzi, is an example of the Ginori industrial production made for the Sans Souci restaurant in Rome. The name of the restaurant is written like a motto on the ribbon under the coat-of-arms. Specially ordered porcelain objects decorated with decals with publicity for hotels, cafés, and coffee houses were first made at Ginori in the second half of the 19th century. Since then the company has continued to develop a range of products with shapes and weights especially designed for this type of clientele (CHIOSTRINI MANNINI 2005, p. 26-27, 71-76; CASPRINI 2007, p. 85-86,MURONI 2011, p. 150 fig. 7 and 156 fig. 17). 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