The ornaments introduced at the beginning of the twentieth century by the Manifattura di Doccia favor floral motifs linked to the popularity of the Art Nouveau style, introduced by the artistic director Luigi Tazzini.
This vase with a smooth body and long neck is embellished with a stylized painted decoration depicting blue cyclamens and green leaves on a very pale green background. The golden lines, graphically traced to mimic the curves of the stems, roughly outline the shapes of the corollas and foliage as well. The interrupted strokes help enhance the sense of flatness created by the simplified representation.
Similar depictions can be found in works held in private collections, while a vase with cyclamens entirely rendered in gold strokes on a deep blue gran fuoco background is preserved at the Museo Ginori (inv. 2783). This was presented by Richard-Ginori at the 1902 International Exhibition of Modern Decorative Art in Turin. From this, we deduce that this type of decoration was already being produced in Doccia at that time.
