Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Plate

ca. 1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Circular plate with waved edge, the centre painted in colours with chinoiseries in the manner of Pillement and the border with birds on branches, the edge painted in green and black with dentil pattern


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Brief description
Tin-glazed earthenware plate, painted in colours, made at Marseilles, about 1765, possibly by Veuve Perrin pottery factory
Physical description
Circular plate with waved edge, the centre painted in colours with chinoiseries in the manner of Pillement and the border with birds on branches, the edge painted in green and black with dentil pattern
Credit line
Bequeathed by Stuart Gerald Davis
Production
Acquired as Marseilles, c. 1750-70. For similar work attributed to the Veuve Perrin factory and dated c. 1765 see Danielle Maternati-Baldouy, Faïence et porcelaine de Marseille, 1997, cat. 192 (border only) and 167-75.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.189-1951

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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