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

Service Des Bals

Side Plate
1847 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Side plate of porcelain. White ground decorated with gold fillet and LP monogram surrounded by two branches of foliage.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleService Des Bals (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, enamelled and gilt
Brief description
Side plate of porcelain, Sèvres porcelain factory, Sèvres, 1847.
Physical description
Side plate of porcelain. White ground decorated with gold fillet and LP monogram surrounded by two branches of foliage.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 14.9cm
  • Base diameter: 8.1cm
  • Height: 1.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'C 46-11 JLp' (Répareur's initials for Louis Marie Lapierre) (Incised)
  • 'rp' (Incised (in glaze))
  • Crowned mirrored LP's with 'SV' and '46' (In chrome green (underglaze))
  • Crowned 'LP Sèvres 1847' (In gold (overglaze))
  • 'Château des Tuileries' (In red (overglaze))
Credit line
Given by Herminio Ruiz-Guillaume
Object history
Commissioned for use at Château des Tuileries. Service des Bals, various residences (Maison du Roi).
Subjects depicted
Other number
HR-G 13 - Donor's reference
Collection
Accession number
C.33-2007

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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