The type of flowerpot with a perforated lid, rather rare in the production of the Manifattura di Doccia, was introduced in the twentieth-century repertoire of Richard-Ginori by Gio Ponti (mod. 715s, in the Museum collection inv. 3287).
This piece belongs to a series of art porcelains of various shapes and sizes, with marine and floral subjects, designed by Giovanni Gariboldi and presented at the 1940 Milan Triennale.
The flowerpot has a trapezoidal profile, fluted walls, and a movable perforated lid to accommodate the stems of fourteen flowers (mod. 1895s dec 2007 E). One of the larger surfaces is adorned with a small rectangular panel with white marine subjects in slight relief on a golden background. The rigorous elegance of the ribs, the fineness of the reliefs, and the delicate juxtaposition of white, sprayed gold, and the unusual aquamarine tone aim at an effect of composed and sophisticated refinement, evoking the glossy atmosphere of luxury interiors and the high fashion of the period.
The green base, based on the progression of the decorative identification code (2007E), could be a later chromatic variant compared to those presented in 1940.
In the Museum collection, there is another example of this same model (inv. 3606, decorated with a different colour code 1901E) which bears the decal signature ‘Giovanni Gariboldi’. The attribution is also confirmed by an article by Gio Ponti published in Domus in June 1940, which illustrates other models of the same series.
