Lounge of the Crockery in Viana Palace, Cordoba (Spain)

Lounge of the Crockery

        The wonderful doors in mahogany lead to the Crockery Lounge, a wide gallery with "L" shape that keeps the crockery of the past, and which were used in the past. Lounge of the CrockeryEvery crockery is shown in the showindow, as it was left by the marquis before they left the house and go to Moratalla.
        The first showindow that we find on the right keeps a wonderful collection of plates, called the Rose family, made in the XVII and XVIII Century, all coming from the Indian Company. Compared to other dishes of Indian Company, in front of the, with the peculiarity that every plate is decorated with the Saavedra shield in the middle.
        The next showindow, in the right side, has in its upper part a set of breakfast, an english one, of the XIX Century, and in the middle a set of english crockery made by Mintons except one which is german, and it was made by Meissen; finally, in the lower part, there are different chinese pieces of the Lounge of the CrockeryIndian Company, belonging to the Pink Family and Imari.
        Then there is an oriental crockery, also belonging to the Indian Company, and it completes the crockery situated into the Lounge of Porcelains. The next one is a collection of the german one, coming from Berlin, at the end of the XVIII Century, and others coming from the Meissen manufacturers.
        Then there is a collection of old vases belonging to the Old Paris, of the beginning of the XIX Century, where there is one of the jugs decorated with fruits in the middle. Of the same period is the coffee set and chocolate set coming from Vienna.
        In the last two showindow there are the pieces of crockery of Vienna, of the beginning of the XIX Century, given by the King of England to the II Marquis of Viana.

Text: J.A.S.C.

Traslated by Sara Moretti