Ecuelle

ca. 1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Circular bowl with two horizontal handles picked out in carmine, the low domed cover with naturalistic rose finial and moulded leaves, the bowl finely painted with bouquets front and back and with scattered sprigs

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Bowl Body
  • Bowl Cover
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in enamels
Brief description
Circular bowl of tin-glazed earthenware painted in enamels, made by Aprey pottery factory, France, about 1765
Physical description
Circular bowl with two horizontal handles picked out in carmine, the low domed cover with naturalistic rose finial and moulded leaves, the bowl finely painted with bouquets front and back and with scattered sprigs
Gallery label
(07/06/2004)
Gallery 128 Decant 2003

Although from the same factory, the cover may not be original to the bowl, as the decoration does not match.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Stuart Gerald Davis
Object history
Although from the same factory, the cover may not be original to the bowl, as the decoration does not match.
Production
Acquired as Aprey, c. 1765
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.247&A-1951

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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