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Plate

ca. 1770-ca. 1784 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Lobed earthenware plate, the centre painted with flowers and the border with floral sprays

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Brief description
Lobed earthenware plate painted with floral decoration, Niderviller pottery and porcelain factory, France, about 1770-1784
Physical description
Lobed earthenware plate, the centre painted with flowers and the border with floral sprays
Marks and inscriptions
interlaced 'C's (painted in black)
Credit line
Given by Stuart G. Davis
Object history
Acquisition type: Gift
Production
Acquired as Niderviller c. 1760, but the mark indicates that it was made during the Custine period, 1770-84
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Illustrated A. Lane, French Faïence, 1948, pl. 73A
Collection
Accession number
C.488-1927

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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