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Assiette a feuille de choux

Plate
1777 (made)
Artist/Maker
Sèvres Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
France (made)

Form: 6 lobes, three moulded as leaves
Ground: white
Decoration: flowers
Rim hole

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Food Vessels & Tableware
Object type
Plate
TitleAssiette a feuille de choux (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Porcelain
Moulding
Enamelling
Gilding
Painting (Image-Making)
Brief description
Soft-paste porcelain plate, painted with flowers in enamels and gilt, Sèvres porcelain factory, France, 1777
Physical description
Form: 6 lobes, three moulded as leaves
Ground: white
Decoration: flowers
Rim hole
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 24cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'L's in grey enamel with date letter 'z' (Maker's mark)
  • 'LB' in grey enamel for Le Bel (Painter's mark)
  • 'BD' in blue enamel for Baudouin (Painter's mark)
  • *
Credit line
Given by Mrs Herbert Allen (Maude Louise Allen)
Object history
Given by Mrs. Herbert Allen, Maud Louise Allen
Subjects depicted
Leaf (Plant Material)
Flowers (Plants)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.117-1922

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O100094/assiette-a-feuille-de-choux-plate-sèvres-porcelain-factory/
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