Dish
mid 18th century (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Faience potteries in the south of France had much in common with their neighbours in northern Italy. The elegant wares of Moustiers were very different from the formal products of Rouen. Their fanciful painting and grotesques also epitomise the differences between the styles of northern and southern France.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Tin-glazed earthenware dish (maiolica) painted in yellow and green with grotesque figures, Moustiers, mid-18th century. |
| Physical description | Tin-glazed earthenware dish (maiolica) painted in yellow and green with grotesque figures. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'OL' and 'G' |
| Object history | Acquisition type: Purchase |
| Production | Acquired as Moustiers, early 18th century; relabelled as Olerys factory, c. 1750. For this painter's mark see Dorothée Guillemé Brulon, Moustiers and Marseilles - Sources et rayonnement, Histoire de la Faïence Francaise, Paris, 1998, p. 34, bottom. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Faience potteries in the south of France had much in common with their neighbours in northern Italy. The elegant wares of Moustiers were very different from the formal products of Rouen. Their fanciful painting and grotesques also epitomise the differences between the styles of northern and southern France. |
| Bibliographic reference | Hildyard, Robin. European Ceramics. London : V&A Publications, 1999. 144 p., ill. ISBN 185177260X |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 389-1869 |
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| Record created | November 22, 2002 |
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