Plate
ca. 1787-1800 (made)
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Circular plate with lobed and wrythen border and waved edge, painted in underglaze blue with cornflower motifs
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Creamware (faïence fine), painted in underglaze blue |
| Brief description | Creamware plate, painted in underglaze blue, made by Pierre-Joseph Boch's pottery factory at Septfontaines about 1787-1800 |
| Physical description | Circular plate with lobed and wrythen border and waved edge, painted in underglaze blue with cornflower motifs |
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| Object history | Acquisition type: Purchase |
| Production | Acquired as Septfontaines, late 18th century; for similar plates dated 'before 1787' , but with painted not impressed marks, see Faïence fines de Septfontaines, 1989, cat. 70 and 75-77. This plate has the impressed marks introduced in 1787; according to the catalogue (p.184) the variant here is not the oldest mark. |
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| Accession number | C.13-1982 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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