Plate
ca. 1700 (made)
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Circular plate with deep well, painted in the manner of Chinese export porcelain, the border with reserved panels with Chinese emblems, the well with the arms of Breuil
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware painted in manganese purple and cobalt blue |
| Brief description | Tin-glazed earthenware bowl or plate, made by Saint-Jean-du-Désert pottery factory, Marseilles, about 1700 |
| Physical description | Circular plate with deep well, painted in the manner of Chinese export porcelain, the border with reserved panels with Chinese emblems, the well with the arms of Breuil |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Stuart Gerald Davis |
| Object history | For another from the same set, formerly in the Reynaud collection, see Marguerite Desnuelle, La Faïence à Marsaille au XVIIIe Siècle, Saint-Jean-du-Désert, Avignon, 1984, p. 149, where the arms are described as "1 et 4, armes des Breuil, 'Ancré de guele sur fond de sable'. Aux 2 et 3, 'deux chevrons surmontant un croissant et trois étoiles au-desus". Acquisition type: Bequest |
| Production | Saint-Jean-du-Désert factory (Clérissy factory); Acquired as Marseilles, St-Jean-du-Désert, c. 1700. |
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| Accession number | C.181-1951 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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