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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Ecuelle

Bowl and Cover
ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Low, circular bowl with low domed cover, tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours. Handles formed as fruiting vine stalks, and cover finial as bunch of grapes


Object details

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Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Bowl Body
  • Bowl Cover
TitleEcuelle
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours
Brief description
Low, circular bowl with low domed cover, tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours, probably Saint Clément pottery factory, France, about 1770
Physical description
Low, circular bowl with low domed cover, tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours. Handles formed as fruiting vine stalks, and cover finial as bunch of grapes
Credit line
Bequeathed by Stuart G. Davis
Object history
Acquisition type: Bequest
Production
Acquired as Niderviller; examined in 1953 by Hans Haug, Director of Strasbourg Museum, who thought that it was not Niderviller but that it might be Saint Clément
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.252&A-1951

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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