Plate
ca. 1840 (made)
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Circular plate, with blue-tinted glaze and waved edge and flange moulded with acanthus, the centre printed with a view with boats and a ship near an island with buildings in the distance
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | White earthenware (faïence fine), transfer-printed in black |
| Brief description | White earthenware plate, transfer-printed in black, made at David Johnston's pottery factory, Bordeaux, about 1840 |
| Physical description | Circular plate, with blue-tinted glaze and waved edge and flange moulded with acanthus, the centre printed with a view with boats and a ship near an island with buildings in the distance |
| Marks and inscriptions |
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| Gallery label | Gallery 128 Decant 2003
The scene is taken from 'Le voyage pittoresque dans le Royaume des Pays Bas', edited by J. B. A. Jobard, published in Bruxelles, 1825 (lithograph by J. B. Madou after Pelaert).(07/06/2004) |
| Credit line | Given by Stuart G. Davis |
| Production | After 1839 (for this mark). |
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| Bibliographic reference | For a similar plate dated to about 1840 see Dorothée Guillemé Brulon, La Faïence fine francaise, 1750-1867, Paris, 1995, p. 113 bottom left. |
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| Accession number | C.8-1935 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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