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

Pot à jus

Gravy Pot
ca. 1760-1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Both parts with moulded panels with flowering branches in relief, and the cup with naturalistic twig handle


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cup Body
  • Cup Cover
TitlePot à jus
Materials and techniques
Creamware (faïence fine), with moulded decoration
Brief description
Creamware gravy (meat juice) pot and cover with moulded decoration, probably made in Eastern France about 1760-1780
Physical description
Both parts with moulded panels with flowering branches in relief, and the cup with naturalistic twig handle
Credit line
Given by Mrs Amélie Mavrogordato through Prof. J. Mavrogordato
Object history
Acquisition type: Gift
Production
Acquired as probably Lorraine, ca. 1760-1770 by comparison with a piece illustrated by Docteur Chompret, Jean Bloch, Jacques Gue´rin, and Paul Alfassa, Repertoire de la Faïence Francaise Paris, 1933-1935, Lorraine, pl. 3C; examined January 2000 by Jean-Luc Mousset who considered it 'not Lorraine'; examined by Christian Maire November 2004, who considered it possibly Lorraine or from a small factory in Eastern France.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.126&A-1945

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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