Museo delle Porcellane

The Museo delle Porcellane in Florence, Italy.

The Museo delle Porcellane (in English: The Porcelain Museum[1]) is located in the Casino del Cavaliere, one of the highest points of the Boboli Gardens at the Pitti Palace in Florence, Italy.[2]

Overview

The museum, housed in the Villino del Cavaliere high in the Boboli Gardens, was opened in October of 1973, after more than three years of research on the collections by Dr. Svend Eriksen (French Porcelain in particular) and Sheila K. Tabakoff who, under the auspices of a CRIA Grant, worked with Dr. Kirsten Piacenti, Director of the Museo degli Argenti, in realizing her dream for this collection. Numbering over 2000 pieces, the collection reflects the vicissitudes of the rulers of Florence over a period of some 250 years, from the last days of the Medici rule through the Unification of Italy. It comprises one of the most important historical collections of its kind in Europe. Over the years, various publications of parts of this collection have been produced, largely by Centro Di in Florence. Authors of these include Svend Eriksen, Sheila K. Tabakoff, Andreina d'Agliano and Tim Clarke, all noted ceramics scholars.

The items on display, separated by production sites in the installation, include examples from the leading European producers. Among the manufacturers of origin on display are: the Royal Factory of Naples (Capodimonte); the Tuscan Carlo Ginori at Sesto Fiorentino; French manufacturers Sèvres and Vincennes in Paris; Viennese porcelain, largely collected by Ferdinand III of Tuscany; the German porcelain factory of Meissen. The museum is among the hundred most visited art museums in the world.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ "The Porcelain Museum". Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Ministero per i Beni e le Attivit Culturali. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Museo delle Porcellane". Lonely Planet. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Exhibition & museum attendance figures 2010" (PDF). The Art Newspaper 223 (London, UK). April 2011. p. 24. Retrieved 26 June 2011.

Coordinates: 43°45′43.20″N 11°15′9.02″E / 43.7620000°N 11.2525056°E / 43.7620000; 11.2525056

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