Dish
ca. 1750-1790 (made)
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Large circular serving dish with lobed border and waved edge, painted in colours with a border of scattered cut flowers and the centre with a spray of cut flowers
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours |
| Brief description | Tin-glazed earthenware dish painted in colours, made at Marseilles, about 1750-1790, probably by Fauchier pottery factory |
| Physical description | Large circular serving dish with lobed border and waved edge, painted in colours with a border of scattered cut flowers and the centre with a spray of cut flowers |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Stuart Gerald Davis |
| Object history | Acquisition type: Bequest |
| Production | Acquired as Marseilles, Fauchier factory, about 1750. Note in register: 'Mons Paul Bennot (?) said that this dish wd be classed as Montpellier in France, where this attribution is given to pieces in Fauchier style with poorer glaze, colours and drawing -- October 1957'. For discussion of Moustiers and Montpellier see Dorothée Guillemé Brulon, Moustiers and Marseilles - Sources et rayonnement, Histoire de la Faïence Francaise, Paris, 1998, p. 49-51. |
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| Accession number | C.183-1951 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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