Head of Augustus, 18th century, Doccia Porcelain Manufactory, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy, Italian, 1735 - 1896, 16 x 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. ( x x cm), Soft-paste porcelain, Italy, 18th century, Other entrepreneurial operations for porcelain arose in Europe following the success of Meissen. Marchese Carlo Ginori was granted a monopoly to produce porcelain in Tuscany by the ruling Austrians in 1735, and developed a thriving soft-paste porcelain firm still in production today, Doccia (now Richard-Ginori) in Florence.

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