European porcelain
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Recent papers in European porcelain
English version, for German version see below: The dream of large-scale sculpture in porcelain in Meissen in the 1830s was not only fostered by personalities such as Elector Friedrich August I of Saxony and King of Poland, known as... more
A synopsis of the Sèvres artistic styles during the 18th and 19th centuries.
In 1673 Louis XIV give to Edme and Louis Poterat the privilege of manufacturing porcelain becoming Rouen the first production center of soft-paste in France. After it, others follow being the better documented listed in this article.
The present study analyses the history of the Ginori porcelain manufacture as the result of the entrepreneurial effort of the marquis Carlo Ginori, heir of a noble Florentine family (Paragraph 1). The Ginori family, at the time of Carlo’s... more
Il saggio ricostruisce le vicende del cosiddetto Tempesto delle Glorie della Toscana ideato dal marchese Carlo Ginori e oggi conservato al Museo dell'Accademia Etrusca di Cortona, a cui lo stesso marchese lo destinò per volontà... more
This paper presents ceramics excavated during the archaeological survey at the Wisłoujście Fortress in seasons 2013–2014. A total number of 7527 ceramics has been analysed and presented in the form of descriptions, statistics, tables,... more
The pipe collection discussed here, being under the care of the Department of Mediaeval and Modern Times Archaeology at the Archaeological Museum in Krakow, consists of thirty-seven items, mostly clay bowls of one-piece pipes or... more
Marco Polo introdujo la porcelana china en occidente en el año1295. A finales del siglo XV, el control del comercio con Oriente, pasará a manos de los portugueses que abrirían la ruta hacia el Índico. A partir del siglo XVI se... more
En el siglo XIX, y más aún en el periodo aquí abordado, la producción de Meissen (o en alemán Meißen) se caracteriza por la reproducción técnica según los modelos históricos del arte y de su propia historia. El elemento artístico original... more
Exposición celebrada en el Palacio de los Virreyes de Barcelona entre el 29 de junio y el 17 de octubre de 2017 en conmemoración del 300 aniversario del nacimiento de Carlos III (1716-1788), Duque de Parma, Rey de las Dos Sicilias y Rey... more
Pink ribbons crisscross around the curved bellies of two porcelain vases, each crowned with a pair of bejeweled white elephant heads. Their curled tusks flank a large potpourri vase in the form of an extravagant ship. This ensemble has... more
This short article examines "chaney," the historic porcelain shards found in the soil and washed up on the beaches of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. A hybrid of the words for “china” and “money”, chaney refers to fragments of European... more
Pour citer : Florent Le Bot, « Enquête sur le céramiste en ingénieur. L’École de céramique de Sèvres instrument de la reconfiguration de l’industrie, 1870-1940 », Pierre BOISARD, Claude DIDRY, Dima YOUNÈS (dir.), Les travailleurs de... more
Porcelain and Natural History in the Duchess of Portland's Museum Porcelain in eighteenth-century aristocratic collections was associated with both the curious and the foreign. The Duchess of Portland's Museum contained large amounts... more
in Kemal Kahraman, Miyuki Aoki Girardelli, etc., (eds.), Japanese Wind in the Ottoman Palace, Milli Saraylar, Istanbul, 2016, pp.17-29
The evolution of early Meissen body, glaze and colorant compositions is examined using X‐ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF) measurements on three artefacts that can be accurately dated to the period 1723–c.1740. The results are... more
Presented were a few Easter eggs by the Imperial Porcelain Manufactur St. Petersburg of the 19th century. The art of decoration presents a special direction of Russian decorative and applied art and is one of the brightest faces of the... more
Artiste d'origine argentine, vivant à Paris, Ruth Gurvich mène depuis quelques années une recherche formelle dont le matériau de prédilection est le papier, sur lequel elle dessine au crayon, qu'elle peint à l'aquarelle ou à l'acrylique,... more
When Louis XVI was guillotined on January 21, 1793, vast networks of production that had provided splendor and sophistication to the royal court were severed. Although the king’s royal possessions—from drapery and tableware to clocks and... more
Roger Massey examines a wide range of evidence for the size and scale of English 18th centiry procelain factories. This pioneering approaches casts new light on the numerous businesses producing poreclain in 18th century England.
Fruit of passion and labor of a lifetime, the collection of religious images of Carlos Manuel Teles Paião, given to the Municipality of Ílhavo in July 2021, presents itself as one of the most important collections known in this theme in... more
The Fatelli Testolini lace porcelain poduction, Venice.
French Porcelain Society Journal, Vol. VIII, Ceramics as Sculpture Edited by Diana Davis, Oliver Fairclough, and John Whitehead Contents Introduction. Sculpture and Ceramics: points of affinity and... more
A reading of a biscuit porcelain sculpture based on socio-cultural theories