Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Bowl

ca. 1910 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Earthenware shallow bowl with gentle flaring sides and rim. Their is underglaze raised slip painting and enamels with a design of a figure surrounded by birds and garlands of blue leaves, with areas of gilding.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, painted in colours and raised slip, and gilded, glazed.
Brief description
Bowl of earthenware, glazed, apinted with slips, enamels and gilt, made by André Metthey, Asnières, Hauts-de-Seine, France, about 1910.
Physical description
Earthenware shallow bowl with gentle flaring sides and rim. Their is underglaze raised slip painting and enamels with a design of a figure surrounded by birds and garlands of blue leaves, with areas of gilding.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 23.5cm
  • Height: 5.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'AM' in monogram in a circle, with a cross (Impressed)
  • '8 1314' (Painted)
Gallery label
Bowl Made by André Metthey, Asnières, Hauts-de-Seine, France about 1910 Marks: ' AM' in monogram in a circle, with a cross, impressed '8 1314' painted Earthenware, painted in colours and raised slip, and gilded C.362-1993 Bequest of....(16/07/2008)
Collection
Accession number
C.362-1993

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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