Dessert Plate
ca. 1765-1775 (made)
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Circular plate with waved edge picked out in brown, the border and centre painted in colours with a fish with shells and seaweed and with scattered flowers
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours |
| Brief description | Tin-glazed earthenware dessert plate, made at Marseilles, about 1765-1775, possibly by Joseph Gaspard Robert's porcelain factory |
| Physical description | Circular plate with waved edge picked out in brown, the border and centre painted in colours with a fish with shells and seaweed and with scattered flowers |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Stuart Gerald Davis |
| Production | Acquired as Marseilles, c. 1765; for related wares attributed to the Robert factory and dated c. 1765-70 see Danielle Maternati-Baldouy, Faïence et porcelaine de Marseille, 1997, cat. 361. |
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| Accession number | C.190-1951 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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