Plateau de fromager, 1st size 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

Plateau de fromager, 1st size

Cheese Dish Stand
1757-1758 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cheese dish of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. With a deep well and moulded rim. Round the rim are four panels of symmetrical blue scrolls with sprays of flowers in-between on a white ground. Sprays of flowers are in the middle.


Object details

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Object type
TitlePlateau de fromager, 1st size (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded
Brief description
Cheese dish of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, painted by Fouré, Sèvres porcelain factory, Sèvres, 1757-1758.
Physical description
Cheese dish of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. With a deep well and moulded rim. Round the rim are four panels of symmetrical blue scrolls with sprays of flowers in-between on a white ground. Sprays of flowers are in the middle.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 24.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'L's with date letter 'E' (Maker's mark in blue enamel)
  • 'oe joined' (Painter's mark in blue enamel for M. Fouré)
  • '4' (Incised)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1443-1919

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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