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

Service des Bals

Dinner Plate
1837 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dinner plate of porcelain. White ground decorated with gold fillet and LP in 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
Dinner plate, enamelled and gilt porcelain, gilded by Jean-Louis Moyez, Sèvres porcelain factory, Sèvres, 1837.
Physical description
Dinner plate of porcelain. White ground decorated with gold fillet and LP in monogram surrounded by two branches of foliage.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 24.2cm
  • Base diameter: 15.7cm
  • Height: 3.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Z 34 5' for May 1834 (Incised)
  • 'j' (Incised (in glaze))
  • Crowned 'LP Sèvres 1834' (In blue (overglaze))
  • 'M' (Gilder's mark in gold)
Credit line
Given by Eduardo Canel-Zanoni
Object history
Commissioned for use at various French royal residences. Service des Bals, various residences (Maison du Roi).
Subjects depicted
Other number
EC 09 - Donor's reference
Collection
Accession number
C.12-2007

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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