Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Plate

ca. 1770-1785 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Circular plate with waved edge, painted in green and black, the centre with a bird on a branch, the border with a interlaced husk swags and rococo scrolls


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Brief description
Tin-glazed earthenware plate, made at Joseph Gaspard Robert's porcelain factory, Marseilles, about 1770-1785
Physical description
Circular plate with waved edge, painted in green and black, the centre with a bird on a branch, the border with a interlaced husk swags and rococo scrolls
Credit line
Given from the collection of the late R. Temple Kirkpatrick
Object history
From the collection of the late R. Temple Fitzpatrick
Production
Acquired as Marseilles, factory of Veuve Perrin, mid-18th century. For similar work attributed to the factory of Joseph Robert and dated c. 1770-5 see Danielle Maternati-Baldouy, Faïence et porcelaine de Marseille, 1997, cat. 370-2.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.33-1920

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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