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

Vase Duplessis

Vase
1759-1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase of soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded over a gros bleu ground. Painted with flowers in panels on a blue ground with gilt marbling.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleVase Duplessis (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded over a gros bleu ground
Brief description
Vase of soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, painted by Cornailles, Sèvres porcelain factory, Sèvres, 1759-1760.
Physical description
Vase of soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded over a gros bleu ground. Painted with flowers in panels on a blue ground with gilt marbling.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.9cm
  • Diameter: 9.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'L's enclosing date letter 'G'
  • A quaver (Painter's mark for Antoine-Toussaint Cornailles)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
Production
For the model see Erickson and de Bellaigue pl 61
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1363-1919

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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