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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, painted with flower sprigs in blue en camaïeu. Gilt lobed edge, six long alternating with six short ones.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in blue <i>en camaïeu</i>
Brief description
Dinner plate, porcelain painted in blue en camaïeu, French: Sèvres porcelain, 1775. White ground, painted with flower sprigs in blue en camaïeu by Sioux aîné.
Physical description
Dinner plate of porcelain. White ground, painted with flower sprigs in blue en camaïeu. Gilt lobed edge, six long alternating with six short ones.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 24.4cm
  • Approx. height: 2.8cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'ZYL' (Incised)
  • Interlaced L's enclosing date letter 'X' for 1775 (In cobalt blue (overglaze))
  • Eight dot circle (In blue)
Credit line
Given by Eduardo Canel-Zanoni
Subject depicted
Other number
1775 painted by Sioux - Donor's reference
Collection
Accession number
C.18-2007

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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