Dessert Dish
ca. 1755-1770 (made)
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Circular serving dish, the edge and border moulded and painted in trompe l'oeil fashion as a radial pattern of overlapping leaves, the centre painted with scattered flowers
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in enamels |
| Brief description | Dessert dish of tin-glazed earthenware painted in enamels, made by Sceaux pottery factory, France, about 1755-1770 |
| Physical description | Circular serving dish, the edge and border moulded and painted in trompe l'oeil fashion as a radial pattern of overlapping leaves, the centre painted with scattered flowers |
| Marks and inscriptions | a fleur-de-lys painted in purple |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Stuart Gerald Davis |
| Production | Acquired as Sceaux, c. 1765. Illustrated Arthur Lane, French Faïence, 1948, pl. D as Sceaux c. 1760-70. For similar border on a Sceaux dish dated to about 1755 see Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, exhibition catalogue, 'Faïences Françaies, XVIe-XVIIIe siècles', 1980, cat. 375. |
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| Accession number | C.236-1951 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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