Serving Dish
ca. 1739-1749 (made)
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Large circular serving dish with waved edge, the border painted in colours with formal swags and the centre with a stylised bunch of flowers; much loss of glaze on the border underside
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours |
| Brief description | Tin-glazed earthenware serving dish, made by Olérys and Laugier's pottery factory, Moustiers-Sainte Marie, about 1739-1749 |
| Physical description | Large circular serving dish with waved edge, the border painted in colours with formal swags and the centre with a stylised bunch of flowers; much loss of glaze on the border underside |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'F' painted in ochre for the painter Foque |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Stuart Gerald Davis |
| Object history | Acquisition type: Bequest |
| Production | Acquired as Moustiers, c. 1740. For this mark see Dorothée Guillemé Brulon, Moustiers and Marseilles - Sources et rayonnement, Histoire de la Faïence Francaise, Paris, 1998, p. 30, bottom. |
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| Accession number | C.176-1951 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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