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

Plate

1798-1815 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Circular plate, transfer-printed in brownish-black with 'Le Renard et la cigone' (the fox and the stork) from Aesop's fables, the border printed with an pattern of anthemions alternating with stars-like motifs


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Creamware (faïence fine), transfer-printed in black
Brief description
Creamware plate transfer-printed in black, made by Michel-Marie Clavareau's pottery factory at Sèvres, 1798-1815
Physical description
Circular plate, transfer-printed in brownish-black with 'Le Renard et la cigone' (the fox and the stork) from Aesop's fables, the border printed with an pattern of anthemions alternating with stars-like motifs
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Sèvres' impressed
  • 'Impression sous Email Sevres Par Brevet d'invention' printed in black in a shield within a square
Gallery label
Gallery 128 Decant 2003 Transfer-printed with Le Renard et la cigone' (the fox and the stork) from Aesop's fables.(07/06/2004)
Credit line
Given by Mr Arthur Myers Smith through Art Fund
Subjects depicted
Literary referenceAesop's Fables
Collection
Accession number
C.737-1921

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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