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Four Tapersticks Tapersticks
This is a tapersticks. It was manufactured by Doccia Porcelain Factory and modeled by Giovanni Battista Foggini. It is dated ca. 1750–1760 and we acquired it in 1987. Its medium is hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
The modeling of this centerpiece relates to an inkstand by Giovan Battista Foggini, for which his son Vincenzo delivered a wax model to Doccia in 1750.
It is credited Museum purchase from Charles E. Sampson Memorial and General Acqusition Endowment Funds.
- Firebird Figurine
- molded, enameled porcelain.
- The Henry and Ludmilla Shapiro Collection; Partial gift and partial purchase....
- 1989-41-184
Its dimensions are
H x W x D (a): 9 x 14.8 x 28 cm (3 9/16 x 5 13/16 x 11 in.) H x W x D (b): 11.5 x 16 x 27 cm (4 1/2 x 6 5/16 x 10 5/8 in.) H x W x D (c): 14 x 16 x 28 cm (5 1/2 x 6 5/16 x 11 in.) H x W x D (d): 11.5 x 17 x 25.5 cm (4 1/2 x 6 11/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
It has the following markings
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It is signed
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It is inscribed
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This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008.
