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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 a lait Hebert

Jug and Cover
1764 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Milk jug and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Painted with panels with birds in a landscape on a bleu celeste ground.


Object details

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Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Jug Body
  • Jug Cover
TitlePot a lait Hebert (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Milk jug and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, painted by François-Joseph Aloncle, made by Sèvres porcelain factory, Sèvres, 1764.
Physical description
Milk jug and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Painted with panels with birds in a landscape on a bleu celeste ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.4cm
  • Diameter: 8.4cm
  • Maximum width: 10.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'L's with date letter 'L' (Maker's mark, in blue enamel)
  • 'N' (Painter's mark, in script, in blue enamel, for Aloncle)
  • '*'
Credit line
Bequeathed by D. M. Currie
Object history
Belongs to the same cabaret as C.416 to 418-1921.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.391&A-1921

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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