Not currently on display at the V&A

Plate

ca. 1901-1906 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of porcelain, of sinuous irregular shape, and painted in purple, green and gilt with fishes and crabs swimming amongst seaweed and reeds.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, painted and gilded
Brief description
Plate of porcelain, of sinuous irregular shape, and painted in purple, green and gilt with images of the sea, probably form designed by Louis Levallois about 1903 and decoration designed by Hermann Gradl about 1904-5, Königlich-Bayerische Porzellan-Manufaktur, Nymphenburg, Germany, about 1904-5.
Physical description
Plate of porcelain, of sinuous irregular shape, and painted in purple, green and gilt with fishes and crabs swimming amongst seaweed and reeds.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 23.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • (Nymphenburg marks in blue on the underside, impressed and underglazed)
  • 'GESETSHAH GESCHÜTST' [letters not certain] (In red on underside)
  • (Painted and impressed numbers)
Object history
Part of a fish service C.18 to M-1970.
This fish service can be associated with the sculptor and painter Louis Levallois and the painted Hermann Gradl. In the records of the Nymphenburg factory, there is a sketch for the gravy boat in the service signed by Levallois and dated 1903. He was employed at the factory from 1901 to 1906. It has been suggested by the factory authorities that the design for the painted decoration were done by Professor Gradl who was associated with the factory in a free-lance capacity.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Greenhalgh, Paul (Ed.), Art Nouveau: 1890-1914 . London: V&A Publications, 2000
Collection
Accession number
C.18F-1970

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Record createdOctober 29, 2008
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