Ecuelle and Cover thumbnail 1
Ecuelle and Cover thumbnail 2
Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Ecuelle and Cover

ca. 1760-1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Shallow circular bowl with two naturalistic branch and flower loop handles, with low circular cover with waved rim and naturalistic flower knop, the sides painted in colours with flowers


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Bowl Body
  • Bowl Cover
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Brief description
Ecuelle and cover (lacking stand), made by Veuve Perrin pottery factory, Marseilles, about 1760-1780
Physical description
Shallow circular bowl with two naturalistic branch and flower loop handles, with low circular cover with waved rim and naturalistic flower knop, the sides painted in colours with flowers
Marks and inscriptions
'VP' in monogram painted in pinkish grey
Credit line
Given by Dr W. L. Hildburgh
Production
Acquired as Marseilles, factory or Veuve Perrin. Illustrated Arthur Lane, French Faïence, 1948, pl. 50B, where dated to c. 1760-70. For a similar ecuelle with stand see Danielle Maternati-Baldouy, Faïence et porcelaine de Marseille, 1997, cat. 133, where dated c. 1760-5--1775-80.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.76&A-1944

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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