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

Dinner Plate

1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dinner plate of porcelain. White ground decorated with cobalt blue en camïene detached flower sprigs. Gilt lobed edge, six long alternating with six short ones.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted <i>en camïene</i> and gilt
Brief description
Dinner plate. French: Sèvres porcelain, 1775. Painted by Bertrand in bleu camaïeu. Louis XV style.
Physical description
Dinner plate of porcelain. White ground decorated with cobalt blue en camïene detached flower sprigs. Gilt lobed edge, six long alternating with six short ones.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 24.3cm
  • Approx. height: 2.8cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'x H' (Incised)
  • Interlaced L's enclosing date letter 'X' (1775) (In cobalt blue (overglaze))
  • A crossed 6 (In blue)
Credit line
Given by Herminio Ruiz-Guillaume
Subject depicted
Other number
HR-G 31 - Donor's reference
Collection
Accession number
C.47-2007

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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