Family estates in tuscany

porcellain museum

Since 1973, the Porcelain Museum, which is a section of the Silver Museum, is located in the “Casino del Cavaliere”, built in the 17th century at the top of the hill that DownlooLs the Gardens of Boboli, which was chosen as a retreat for the Grand DuKe.
The homogeneous collections comprises mainly porcelain tableware belonging to the royal families that ruled Tuscany (Medici, Lorraine, Savoy), thus clearly reflecting their tastes.

The collection is divided by periods, nations and manufacturers. There are several outstanding examples of Italian porcelain objects produced in Doccia (near Florence), which were especially used by the Grand ducal family for large services of daily use, and at the Royal Manufactory of Naples.
Foreign objeots include fine table sets from Vienna and from the German Manufactory of Meissen, in addition to French porcelain from Vincennes and Sèvres, brought to the Pitti Palace by the Savoy House from the royal palace of Parma. The Grand Duchess of Parma, Luisa Elisabetta, was in fact the daughter of Luis XV. Some of the objects are also gifts from Napoleon to his sister Elisa Baciocchi, Grand Duchess of Tuscany from 1809 to 1814.
The oldest pieces of the collections are those that once belonged to Gian Gastone, the last Medici Grand Duke (1671-1737) produced in the Manufactory of Meissen.

# 14/02/2007 in what's on in florence

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