A small amount of  Le Nove porcelain of the later G. B. Antonibon & F. Parolin period is painted with figures in detailed and imaginative landscapes which have been attributed to Giovanni Marcon (1771-1830) based on two signed pieces, a vase ‘Hollandois’ in the Victoria and Albert Museum, and a covered bowl and stand in Bassano del Grappa, Museo Civico. [i] His figures said to be executed in a relaxed and rapid style whilst the backgrounds tend to be filled with more miniature detail.[ii]

However there seems to have been an earlier painter of the Pasquale Antonibon period who shared some of the Marcon’s subtleties and delight in fine detail. We think that the painting on our teabowl and saucer is likely to be from this other hand.

Signed ‘Marcon Pinse’ on a scroll on the stand, Bassano del Grappa, Museo Civico

Signed ‘NOVE, Gioni Marconi pinxt’, Victoria and Albert Museum

Condition:
Good

Provenance:
Simon Spero
Sir Bruno Welby Bt. 

References:

Ericani et. al. 1990
G. Ericani. P. Marini, N. Stringa, La ceramica degli Antonibon, (Electa (Milano), 1990)

Lane 1954
Arthur Lane, Italian Porcelain, (Faber 1954)

[i] Ericani et. al. 1990, no. 223 pp. 147 & 148

[ii] Lane 1954, p. 23. Arthur Lane says that Marcon had the reputation of an eccentric and is said to have worked only on Tuesdays. I am grateful to Clare Durham for pointing this out.

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