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

Dish

ca. 1870 (made)
Artist/Maker
Parvillée, Léon (designer and maker)
Place of origin
Paris (made)



Object details

Object type
Dish
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Ewer
  • Dish
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with raised slip and enamelled colours
Earthenware
Slip
Enamel
Enamelled
Gallery label
  • Label for 'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900', Gallery 101, de-canted March 2017: '9 Dish and Ewer About 1870 In 1863 Parvillée represented the French government in restoration work on buildings damaged by an earthquake in Bursa, Turkey. On his return he began to make tiles inspired by Turkish ceramics. This ewer and dish are free adaptations of Turkish forms. But in Turkey the cuerda seca technique of separating the enamel colours was used only on tiles not on vessels. France, Paris; designed and manufactured by Léon Parvillée Earthenware, painted in enamel over glazed, raised slip decoration Museum no. C.18&A-1981'(08/06/2017)
  • EWER AND DISH C.!8 & a-1981 'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900' Parvillée represented the French government in restoration work on the mosques and other buildings in Bursa in 1863, following a disastrous earthquake. On return he specialised in making tiles in the Turkish manner and also direct copies of examples such as those on the Green Mosque and Green Tomb, which he presented to this Museum in 1893. This ewer and basin are free adaptations; the form is loosely based upon Turkish originals but the cuerda seca technique of decoration was never applied to vessels, being used solely for tiles.(1987-2006)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.18 to A-1981

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Record createdApril 12, 2006
Record URL
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