Plate

1770-1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Circular, with moulded scrollwork edge picked out in red, the border with moulded vegetables picked out in colours, the centre painted with birds

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours
Brief description
Tin-glazed earthenware plate made by Lunéville pottery factory, France, 1770-1780
Physical description
Circular, with moulded scrollwork edge picked out in red, the border with moulded vegetables picked out in colours, the centre painted with birds
Credit line
Bequeathed by Stuart G. Davis
Production
Acquired as Eastern French, perhaps Lunéville, late 18th century; for a similar plate attributed to Lunéville and dated 1760-70 see Dorothée Guillemé Brulon, Strasbourg & Niderviller - Sources et rayonnement, Histoire de la Faïence Francaise, Paris, 1999, p. 98.
Collection
Accession number
C.304-1951

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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