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

Plateau

ca. 1855 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plateau of porcelain, celadon green ground, decorated in pâte-sur-pâte with subjects from Fables, in white slip in relief under the glaze.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, decorated in pâte-sur-pâte
Brief description
Plateau of porcelain, decorated in pâte-sur-pâte by Leopold-Jules-Joseph Gèly, made at Sèvres porcelain factory, Paris, France, ca. 1855
Physical description
Plateau of porcelain, celadon green ground, decorated in pâte-sur-pâte with subjects from Fables, in white slip in relief under the glaze.
Dimensions
  • Length: 34.3cm
  • Width: 30.5cm
Object history
Bought at the Paris Exhibition, 1855 (Broken and repaired, purchased as a defective piece.)
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
2684B-1856

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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