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

Dish

early 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oblong dish of tin-glazed earthenware. Octagonal in shape, with two handles. Painted in blue and red with a bouquet and cornucopia in the centre, and with a elaborate border of lambrequins.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Brief description
Dish of tin-glazed earthenware, Rouen, early 18th century.
Physical description
Oblong dish of tin-glazed earthenware. Octagonal in shape, with two handles. Painted in blue and red with a bouquet and cornucopia in the centre, and with a elaborate border of lambrequins.
Dimensions
  • Length: 40.6cm
  • Width: 27.9cm
  • Height: 4.2
  • Weight: 1.410kg
Marks and inscriptions
(No mark)
Object history
Bought from the Aigoin collection.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Chompret, Joseph, Répertoire de la faïence française, IV, Rouen, Paris, Lapina, 1933-1935
Collection
Accession number
405-1870

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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