Pot-Pourri Bowl and Cover thumbnail 1
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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Pot-Pourri Bowl and Cover

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

Pot-pourri bowl and cover, tin-glazed earthenware, Rococo form with scroll handles and pierced cover surmounted by a spiral knop, on a raised foot; the scrollwork picked out in crimson.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Bowl and Cover
  • Bowl and Cover
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours
Brief description
Pot-pourri bowl and cover, tin-glazed earthenware, Rococo form with scroll handles and pierced cover with spiral knop, Paul Hannong's pottery factory, France, about 1754-1762
Physical description
Pot-pourri bowl and cover, tin-glazed earthenware, Rococo form with scroll handles and pierced cover surmounted by a spiral knop, on a raised foot; the scrollwork picked out in crimson.
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. 65A
Collection
Accession number
468&A-1870

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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