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

La Cuisinière d'apres Gérard Dow

Figure Group
ca. 1908 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Porcelain figure group with a woman cleaning vegetables at a table, a boy next to her holding a rabbit. Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleLa Cuisinière d'apres Gérard Dow (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels
Brief description
Porcelain figure group, 'La Cuisinière d'apres Gérard Dow', woman standing at a table next to a boy holding a rabbit, Paris, ca. 1800-ca. 1840.
Physical description
Porcelain figure group with a woman cleaning vegetables at a table, a boy next to her holding a rabbit. Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.5cm
  • Base width: 20.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Crossed arrows (Painted in underglaze blue on upper surface of base)
  • 'LA CUISINIERE D'APRES GÉRARD DOW' (Inscribed with title on front of base)
Gallery label
Gallery 128 Decant 2003 The group was acquired as 'rue de la Rocquette, Paris, early 19th century'. Although the mark is similar to that used at Vincent Dubois' factory at the rue de la Rocquette, this factory closed in 1790, a date that is probably too early for this model.(07/06/2004)
Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Production
The group was acquired as 'rue de la Rocquette, Paris, early 19th century'. Although the mark is similar to that used at Vincent Dubois' factory at the rue de la Rocquette, this factory closed in 1790, a date that is probably too early for this model.
The mark was also used at the factory founded by Jean-Marx Clauss in rue de la Pierre-Levée in around 1820. The factory changed ownership after 3 generations, when it was acquired by Achille Bloch, during whose ownership this group was probably made. Production of its 'porcelaine de Paris' continues to this day.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.279-1915

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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