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

Plaque

1862 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Round plaque or button of porcelain with pâte-sur-pâte decoration. With a classical head of a female in profile and in low relief. The head-dress is coloured and gilded. Dark blue ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with pâte-sur-pâte decoration and gilded
Brief description
Round plaque or button of porcelain, made by François-Eugène Rousseau, designed and decorated by Louis Marc Emmanuel Solon, France, ca. 1862
Physical description
Round plaque or button of porcelain with pâte-sur-pâte decoration. With a classical head of a female in profile and in low relief. The head-dress is coloured and gilded. Dark blue ground.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 2.54cm
Production
see 764-1864
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
766-1864

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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