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

Plate

ca. 1753-ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate, porcelain, painted with diaper pattern in blue enamel, with six unpainted reserves, and central reserve painted with a pack of dogs hunting a boar in polychrome enamels, apparently after a painting of 1725 by Alexandré-François Desportes. Decoration unfinished.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels
Brief description
Plate, porcelain, painted with diaper pattern in blue enamel, Chantilly porcelain factory, France, about 1753-1760
Physical description
Plate, porcelain, painted with diaper pattern in blue enamel, with six unpainted reserves, and central reserve painted with a pack of dogs hunting a boar in polychrome enamels, apparently after a painting of 1725 by Alexandré-François Desportes. Decoration unfinished.
Marks and inscriptions
  • A hunting horn (Painted in blue enamel)
  • A hunting horn (Incised)
Credit line
Given by J. H. Fitzhenry
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
329-1905

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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