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

Dish

ca. 1750-ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Large circular dish with waved edge, tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours with baskets and flowering sprigs, and with a cornucopia with flowers and insects, in the "à la corne" style


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Brief description
Large circular dish, tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours with baskets and flowering sprigs, and with a cornucopia with flowers and insects, Rouen, about 1750-1770
Physical description
Large circular dish with waved edge, tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours with baskets and flowering sprigs, and with a cornucopia with flowers and insects, in the "à la corne" style
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 39.0cm
  • Height: 5.7cm
  • Weight: 2.350kg
Marks and inscriptions
'PvD' [?] (Painted in red on edge of dish)
Object history
Bought from the Fètis Collection
Production
Acquired as Rouen. Labelled as Rouen ca. 1750 in 1953. For a related design on a plate attributed to Rouen and dated to the second half of the 18th century see Dorothée Guillemé Brulon, Paris & Rouen - Sources et rayonnement, Histoire de la Faïence Francaise, Paris, 1998, p. 42 right.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
165-1887

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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