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

Plate

ca. 1787-1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Circular plate with lobed and wrythen border and waved edge, painted in underglaze blue with cornflower motifs


Object details

Categories
Object type
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
Marks and inscriptions
  • '.B.L' over '7' impressed
  • 'B' painted in blue
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.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.13-1982

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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