Pot à oille thumbnail 1
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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Pot à oille

Tureen and Cover
1720-1730 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tureen and cover, porcelain with enamelled and gilt decoration. The finial is a replacement.


Object details

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Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Tureen Body
  • Tureen Cover
TitlePot à oille
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain with enamelled and gilt decoration
Brief description
Tureen and cover, porcelain with enamelled and gilt decoration, Saint-Cloud porcelain factory, France, 1720-1730
Physical description
Tureen and cover, porcelain with enamelled and gilt decoration. The finial is a replacement.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'St.C' over 'T' (incised inside footrim)
  • A fleur-de-lys (painted in blue enamel)
Credit line
Given by J. H. Fitzhenry
Object history
Purchased by the donor in Naples.
Production
the porcelain about 1720-30, with later decoration and painted mark; Acquired as Saint-Cloud, with painted decoration added at Capodimonte. This was later adjusted to read 'with painted decoration added at Capodimonte or Buen Retiro'.
Subjects depicted
Associated objects
Collection
Accession number
C.444&A-1909

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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