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

Fountain and Cistern

ca. 1754-ca. 1762 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fountain, tin-glazed earthenware with applied decoration of a fish, crocodile or lizard, and a mask, painted in colours


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Fountain
  • Fountain
  • Fountain
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours
Brief description
Fountain, tin-glazed earthenware with applied decoration painted in colours, Paul Hannong's pottery factory, France, about 1754-1762
Physical description
Fountain, tin-glazed earthenware with applied decoration of a fish, crocodile or lizard, and a mask, painted in colours
Marks and inscriptions
'PH' in monogram painted in blue
Object history
Bought from the Aigoin Collection
Acquisition type: Purchase
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Arthur Lane, French Faïence, 1948, pl. 68A
Collection
Accession number
467 to B-1870

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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