Plate
ca. 1770-1790 (made)
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Circular plate with waved edge picked out in green, painted in colours with a woman with figures in Chinese dress (a woman with parasol and servant) and with scattered sprays
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours (petit feu) |
| Brief description | Tin-glazed earthenware plate painted in colours, made by Honoré Thion's pottery factory, Moustiers-Sainte Marie, about 1770-1790 |
| Physical description | Circular plate with waved edge picked out in green, painted in colours with a woman with figures in Chinese dress (a woman with parasol and servant) and with scattered sprays |
| Marks and inscriptions | Monogram of Honoré Thion painted in grey |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Stuart Gerald Davis |
| Object history | Acquisition type: Bequest |
| Production | Acquired as Moustiers, Ferrat factory, c. 1780. For a similar plate with this mark see Dorothée Guillemé Brulon, Moustiers and Marseilles - Sources et rayonnement, Histoire de la Faïence Francaise, Paris, 1998, pp. 59, top, attributed to 'Fabrique d'Honoré Thion. |
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| Accession number | C.179-1951 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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