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

Plate

ca. 1735-1748 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Lobed plate painted in grand feu colours with 'India' flowers and insects


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Brief description
Lobed plate painted in colours with flowers and insects, made by Hannong's pottery factory, Strasbourg, about 1735-1748
Physical description
Lobed plate painted in grand feu colours with 'India' flowers and insects
Marks and inscriptions
'G' painted in blue
Credit line
Bequeathed by Stuart Gerald Davis
Object history
Paper labels: 'MME ELVIRE WEIGT STRASBOURG GARANTI ANCIEN' (printed) and 'Ist period Strasburg Charles Hannong 1720-40' (handwritten)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Arthur Lane, French Faïence, 1948, col. pl. F
Collection
Accession number
C.207-1951

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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