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

Assiette unie

Plate
1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate, soft-paste porcelain, 6 large, 6 small lobes, decoration of flowers and laurel wreaths painted in enamels and gilt on a white ground. Rim hole.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleAssiette unie (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Plate, soft-paste porcelain, decoration of flowers and laurel wreaths painted in enamels and gilt, Sèvres porcelain factory, France, 1775
Physical description
Plate, soft-paste porcelain, 6 large, 6 small lobes, decoration of flowers and laurel wreaths painted in enamels and gilt on a white ground. Rim hole.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 24.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'L's enclosing letter 'X' (Maker's mark, in blue enamel with date letter 'X')
  • cursive 'e' (Painter's mark, in blue enamel for unknown)
  • 'Z' (Painter's mark, in blue enamel for Joyau)
  • 'VD' (Gilder's mark, in blue enamel for J.-B.-E. Vandé)
  • 'LL' (incised)
  • '*'
Object history
Bought for £1 5s from the Bernal Collection
Production
Said to have been from a service bought for the Danish Count Sparr, bought in the late 18th century by King Gustav of Sweden
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
2011B-1855

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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