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

Assiette unie

Plate
1781 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate, soft-paste porcelain, 6 large, 6 small lobes, decoration of cornflower sprigs and strings of pearls 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 cornflower sprigs and strings of pearls painted in enamels and giltSèvres porcelain factory, France, 1781
Physical description
Plate, soft-paste porcelain, 6 large, 6 small lobes, decoration of cornflower sprigs and strings of pearls painted in enamels and gilt on a white ground. Rim hole.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 24.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'L's enclosing letters 'dd' (Maker's mark, in blue enamel with date letter 'dd')
  • '9.' (Painter's mark, in blue enamel for Charles-Nicolas Buteux)
  • '33' (incised)
  • 'A' (incised)
Object history
From the Bernal Collection.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
2012B-1855

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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