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

Serving Dish

ca. 1765-1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oval serving dish with waved edge, the border and centre painted in colours with scattered flowers and a dragonfly, the edge picked out in green and black


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Brief description
Tin-glazed earthenware serving dish, painted in colours, made by Veuve Perrin pottery factory, Marseilles, about 1765-1780
Physical description
Oval serving dish with waved edge, the border and centre painted in colours with scattered flowers and a dragonfly, the edge picked out in green and black
Marks and inscriptions
'VP.' in monogram painted in black
Credit line
Bequeathed by Stuart Gerald Davis
Production
Acquired as Marseilles, Veuve Perrin factory, c. 1765; for related wares dated c. 1765-80 see Danielle Maternati-Baldouy, Faïence et porcelaine de Marseille, 1997, cat. 143-54.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.193-1951

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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