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

Serving Dish

ca. 1720-1740 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Large oval dish with indented border painted with formal pattern, the centre painted with a grotesque in the manner of Jean Bérain with busts and figures on brackets, the central figure being Zeus with an eagle


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue
Brief description
Oval dish, earthenware, the centre painted with a grotesque, the central figure being Zeus with an eagle, Moustiers-Sainte Marie, ca. 1720-1740
Physical description
Large oval dish with indented border painted with formal pattern, the centre painted with a grotesque in the manner of Jean Bérain with busts and figures on brackets, the central figure being Zeus with an eagle
Credit line
Given by Mrs S. M. Prendergast
Object history
Formerly Prendergast Loan
Production
Acquired as Moustiers, c. 1740; relabelled as Moustiers c. 1720-40
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.40-1960

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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