The Museo delle Porcellane (in English: The Porcelain Museum[1]) is located in the Casino del Cavaliere, one of the highest points of the Boboli Gardens at the Pitti Palace in Florence, Italy.[2]
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Although the museum opened in 1973, the porcelain collection is very old, with pieces given away by Grand Dukes and other European rulers. The core of the collection was largely formed by the Savoy family in Florence at the Pitti Palace. In particular, this collection owes much to porcelain from the Ducal Palace in Parma.
The items on display include examples from the leading European producers. Among the manufacturers of origin on display are: the Royal Factory of Naples (Capodimonte); the Tuscan Carlo Ginori at Sesto Fiorentino; French manufacturers Sèvres and Vincennes in Paris; Viennese porcelain, largely collected by Ferdinand III of Tuscany; the German porcelain factory of Meissen. The museum is among the hundred most visited art museums in the world.[3]