Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Plate

ca. 1842-1855 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Circular plate of earthenware with the centre moulded with a design of a panther or lioness with cubs, and the border with a continuous pattern of black infants among acanthus foliage, and under a transparent green glaze

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware (faïence fine) with moulded design under a transparent green glaze
Brief description
Circular plate of earthenware with a moulded design under a transparent green glaze, Rubelles pottery factory, Rubelles, ca. 1842-1855.
Physical description
Circular plate of earthenware with the centre moulded with a design of a panther or lioness with cubs, and the border with a continuous pattern of black infants among acanthus foliage, and under a transparent green glaze
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 31.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
'BREVET A.D.T. D'INVENTION' (Impressed within a circle)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Alix de Ravel d'Esclapon, La Faïence de Rubelles, 1988
  • Dorothée Guillemé Brulon La Faïence fine francaise, 1750-1867, Paris, 1995, p. 59.
Collection
Accession number
4072-1901

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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