Dessert Dish

ca. 1765-ca. 1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Circular scalloped dessert dish, tin-glazed earthenware, the centre painted in colours with a tulip.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Brief description
Circular scalloped dessert dish, tin-glazed earthenware, the centre painted with a tulip, Niderviller pottery and porcelain factory, France, about 1765-1775
Physical description
Circular scalloped dessert dish, tin-glazed earthenware, the centre painted in colours with a tulip.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.5cm (Note: Conversion from imperial)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Stuart G. Davis
Object history
Acquisition type: Bequest
Production
Illustrated in A. Lane, French Faïence, 1948, pl. 74B, where dated to the Bayerlé period, 1754-70; for an circular version of this tureen stand with matching tureen see Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, exhibition catalogue, 'Faïences Françaies, XVIe-XVIIIe siècles', 1980, cat. 238, where dated to c. 1765-70.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
A. Lane, French Faïence, 1948, pl. 74B
Collection
Accession number
C.256-1951

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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