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

Louis XV of France (1710-74)

Figure
ca. 1760-ca. 1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tin-glazed earthenware figure of Louis XV of France, painted in colours.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleLouis XV of France (1710-74) (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours
Brief description
Tin-glazed earthenware figure of Louis XV of France, Niderviller pottery and porcelain factory, France, about 1760-1780
Physical description
Tin-glazed earthenware figure of Louis XV of France, painted in colours.
Gallery label
Gallery 128 Decant 2003 The figure is a reduced version of a statue of 1755 by Barthélemy Guibal and Paul Louis Cyfflé, formerly at Nancy but destroyed in the French Revolution.(07/06/2004)
Object history
The figure is a reduced version of a statue of 1755 by Barthélemy Guibal and Paul Louis Cyfflé, formerly at Nancy but destroyed in the French Revolution.
Bought from the Aigion Collection
Acquisition type: Purchase
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
476-1870

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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