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Under the Marchese Lorenzo Ginori Lisci (d.1878), director from 1848, the pottery produced designs reflecting more varied and more contemporary tastes but also continued making its successful lustred wares. In 1896 the pottery came under the ownership of Giulio Richard who already owned other factories.  Combined, the new company was known as the Società Ceramica Richard-Ginori.\n\nThis plate and an associated ewer (V&amp;A 5446-1859) were modelled on earlier Renaissance examples following the revival of interest for such material in the 19th century and a rediscovery of the traditional methods of production.  The intertwining, grotesque style of pattern on this ewer and dish was originally used to decorate maiolica during the 16th century in Urbino and Gubbio, Italy. The decoration on the Ginori pieces uses a much darker blue with red ruby lustre than the original examples where the main colouring is gold. \n\nThese pieces continued to be produced for at least the next two decades, the model number 10 for the dish and  ewer along with the pattern number 32 are shown in the Ginori design album of ca.1875.  Model 11 for an almost identical shape ewer is also shown in a trade catalogue,  'Manifattura Ginori a Doccia presso  Firence, fondata nel 1735' of 1873. The same shapes were produced until the early-20th century as a ewer and dish model number 10 are illustrated in 'Prodotti Artistici Ginori Doccia, Societa Ceramica Richard-Ginori' Florence, published ca.1905. with a paler decoration in the style of Urbino arabesques.\n\nThese and four other pieces of Ginori were purchased by Henry Cole (1808-82)  then Director of the South Kensington Museum (V&amp;A) in 1859 directly from the  manufacturer. The dishes are V&amp;A 5443, 5444 and 5445-1859, the ewer is 5446- 1859, the other two pieces are plain white water-pots 5448 (&amp; 5449-1859 no longer in the Museum collection). Cole visited Florence in late  1858 and early 1859 to acquire works of art for the collection. He was accompanied  by Charles Drury Edward Fortnum (1820-99) a collector and connoisseur who advised Cole on many of the purchases.","physicalDescription":"Plate of tin-glazed earthenware, painted with grotesques in white on a blue ground, relieved with yellow and red lustre; reverse white. 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Manifattura Ginori (Sesto Fiorentino, Italy 1873). TAV XIII-XIV.\r\n Model number 11 for a very similar shaped ewer."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"'Societa Ceramica Richard- Ginori. Stabilimento di Doccia. Album delle  maioliche artistiche, ms., ca. 1875,  (Archivio del Museo di Doccia). Design  drawing for this ewer and dish, factory model 10, with decoration number 32. "},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"'Prodotti Artistici Ginori Doccia, Societa Ceramica Richard-Ginori' Florence, published ca.1905. TAV XXIV\r\nEwer  and dish model number 10 with a paler decoration in  the style of Urbino arabesques."},{"reference":{"text":"Frescobaldi Malenchini, Livia ed. 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":"pp. 135-137, Cat. 124","free":"124. Plate and ewer with grotesques\r\ncirca 1859\r\nmaiolica painted in white, blue with red and\r\nyellow lustre\r\nplate diam. 24,1 cm; ewer h 27,3 cm\r\nfactory model “10”, pattern number “32”\r\ninv. 5445-1859, 5446-1859\r\npurchase: Ginori Factory, £ 3 2s. 8d\r\nThis ewer and associated plate were modelled on earlier Renaissance examples following the revival of interest for such material in the 19th century and a rediscovery of the traditional methods of production. The intertwining, grotesque style of pattern was originally used to decorate maiolica during the first half of the 16th century in Urbino and Gubbio, the latter known for producing the red-gold lustre. The decoration on the Ginori pieces combines a much darker blue than the original Renaissance examples with red ruby lustre. These designs continued to be produced for at least the next two decades. They were exhibited at the 1862 London Exhibition (WARING 1863, plate 77) and the model number “10” for the plate and ewer along with the pattern number “32” are shown in the Album about 1875 (AMD, inv. 428).Model “10” and for an almost identical shape ewer model “11” are also shown in a trade catalogue Album 1873. The same models were produced until the early 20th century, illustrated in Prodotti about 1905, but with paler decoration in the style of Urbino arabesques. These and four other pieces of Ginori were purchased by Henry Cole, the then Director of the South Kensington Museum (V&A), in 1859 directly from the manufacturer (see cat. 121, 123).\r\nR.W.\r\nBibliography:WAINWRIGHT 1999, p. 184, note 12\r\n"}],"production":"Shown in 'Societa Ceramica Richard-Ginori. Stabilimento di Doccia. Album delle maioliche artistiche', ms., ca. 1875, (Archivio del Museo di Doccia). Design drawing for this dish is shown as factory model number 10, decoration number 32. The design for this dish on the same page as that of ewer V&amp;A. 5446-1859, again Ginori model number 10, with decoration number 32  (the accompanying ewer).","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"grotesques","id":"AAT10211"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["5445-1859"],"accessionNumberNum":"5445","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1859,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-11","recordCreationDate":"2009-06-24","availableToBook":false}}