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

Standing Dish

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

Lobed oval dish on four supports formed as dolphins terminating in men's heads


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed colours painted in colours
Brief description
Tin-glazed standing dish, made by Joseph Hannong's pottery factory, Strasbourg, ca. 1765
Physical description
Lobed oval dish on four supports formed as dolphins terminating in men's heads
Marks and inscriptions
'jH' in monogram over 836, all painted in blue
Credit line
Stuart G. Davis Bequest
Object history
Handwritten paper label: 'Ancienne faience de Strasbourg Marque de Joseph Hannong vers 1750'
Acquisition type: Bequest
Collection
Accession number
C.217-1951

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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