Bowl decorated with weapons and trophies

The large bowl, resting on a ring foot, is decorated with a relief depicting an elegant composition featuring trophies and ancient weapons, including a coat-of-arms, a bow with arrows, halberds, and shields. The distinctive matte finish, without glazing, highlights the finesse of the modelling, further emphasized by the contrast between the background colour and the white of the trophy. 

An example of the same model (mod. 1901s) was presented by Richard-Ginori at the 7^th Milan Triennale in 1940, where Giovanni Gariboldi was awarded the diploma of honor. The participation of Richard-Ginori porcelain at this important Milanese exhibition is described in a lengthy article in Domus by Gio Ponti, who - while praising Gariboldi’s work - seems to warn him about the risk of over-refinement. An even sharper judgment was expressed in the magazine Emporium by Roberto Papini, who appears to allude precisely to this bowl when he reproaches Richard-Ginori for being “proud to revive certain Wedgwood cameos that had been out of fashion for at least a century.” 

The Ginori Museum owns other variants (inv. 3536, 3538, 3540), one of which is monochrome and the others decorated in two colours like this one.