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Bowl

ca. 1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Lobed oval bowl, earthenware painted with birds, insects, India flowers and stylised cornucopiae.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Brief description
Lobed oval bowl, earthenware painted with birds, insects, flowers and cornucopiae, Rouen, about 1765
Physical description
Lobed oval bowl, earthenware painted with birds, insects, India flowers and stylised cornucopiae.
Dimensions
  • Length: 34.1cm
  • Width: 25.4cm
  • Height: 7.1cm
  • Weight: 0.970kg
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'A A' (In brown on the back on the rim)
  • Transliteration
    .
Credit line
Given by Signora Ada Cardinale
Production
Acquired as Rouen, mid-18th century. For similarly decorated wares see Dorothée Guillemé Brulon, Paris & Rouen - Sources et rayonnement, Histoire de la Faïence Francaise, Paris, 1998, p. 42 left, dated to second half of 18th century; see also p. 55 for 19th century Quimper reproductions.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.190-1927

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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