Basin
ca. 1790-1810 (made)
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The oval basin, which stands on three scroll feet, has a waved rim and is moulded front and back with infant sea gods.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Buff earthenware with moulded decoration and yellowish lead glaze (faïence fine) |
| Brief description | Buff earthenware basin with moulded decoration made by Veuve Arnoux pottery factory, about 1790-1810 |
| Physical description | The oval basin, which stands on three scroll feet, has a waved rim and is moulded front and back with infant sea gods. |
| Credit line | Given by J. H. Fitzhenry |
| Production | Acquired as Apt, late 18th century; relabelled c. 1770. For two similar ewers and basins see Dorothée Guillemé Brulon, La Faïence fine francaise, 1750-1867, Paris, 1995, p. 97, top left (where attributed to Apt or Castellet, end of 18th century) and Bernard Bumpus, 'Le fabrique de la veuve Arnoux à Apt et ses liens avec la societé Fouque-Arnoux' , Sèvres: Revue de la Sociéte des Amis du Musée Nationale de Céramique, No. 6, 1997, p. 26 (where described as 'about 1805, Apt, fabrique de la veuve Arnoux?'). |
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| Accession number | C.566A-1909 |
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| Record created | June 9, 2004 |
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