Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Dish

late 17th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Lobed dish of tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels. Flat centre with the sides flaring upwards and outwards, and moulded into fifteen broad lobes. Small foot-ring. The centre is painted with the head and shoulders of a girl, and near the rim is a purple line interspersed at each moulded rib with little tufts alternately in blue and yellow.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels and moulded
Brief description
Lobed dish of tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels, probably made by Le Croisic, Loire-Atlantique, late 17th century.
Physical description
Lobed dish of tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels. Flat centre with the sides flaring upwards and outwards, and moulded into fifteen broad lobes. Small foot-ring. The centre is painted with the head and shoulders of a girl, and near the rim is a purple line interspersed at each moulded rib with little tufts alternately in blue and yellow.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 28.3cm
  • Height: 7cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Dorothy Woodman
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.3-1981

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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