Basin
ca. 1770-ca. 1785 (made)
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Oval earthenware basin with gently waved outline and scroll handles and on four small feet, the front painted in green and black with a medallion with a pair of lovers, the interior and reverse with vignettes of a hat and basket and musical instruments respectively; with details enhanced with gold.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours |
| Brief description | Earthenware basin made by Joseph Robert's pottery factory, Marseilles, about 1770-1785 |
| Physical description | Oval earthenware basin with gently waved outline and scroll handles and on four small feet, the front painted in green and black with a medallion with a pair of lovers, the interior and reverse with vignettes of a hat and basket and musical instruments respectively; with details enhanced with gold. |
| Credit line | Given by Monsieur Albert Bichet |
| Object history | NB long unfired inscription in French added by previous owner to underside of basin |
| Production | Acquired as Marseilles, factory of Joseph Robert, last quarter of the 18th century. For similar work attributed to this factory and dated c. 1770 and 1775-85 see Dorothée Guillemé Brulon, Moustiers and Marseilles - Sources et rayonnement, Histoire de la Faïence Francaise, Paris, 1998, p. 117, and Danielle Maternati-Baldouy, Faïence et porcelaine de Marseille, 1997, cat. 356-7. |
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| Accession number | C.122A-1910 |
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| Record created | September 23, 2004 |
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