Basin
ca. 1760-1775 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Deep basin with steeply angled sides and waved edge, painted in colours with brown and green and other colours with chinoiseries and birds on leafy branches
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours |
| Brief description | Tin-glazed earthenware basin painted in colours, made by Veuve Perrin pottery factory, Marseilles, about 1760-1775 |
| Physical description | Deep basin with steeply angled sides and waved edge, painted in colours with brown and green and other colours with chinoiseries and birds on leafy branches |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'VP' in monogram painted in black |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Stuart Gerald Davis |
| Object history | Labels of Stuart G. Davis under basin. |
| Production | Acquired as Marseilles, factory or Veuve Perrin. For similar a similar ewer and other pieces with similar painting see Danielle Maternati-Baldouy, Faïence et porcelaine de Marseille, 1997, cat. 174 (ewer) and 169-75, where given the surprisingly long datespan of c. 1760-5--1803. Illustrated Musées de Marseille, La Faïence de Marseille au XVIIIe siècle: La manufacture de la Veuve Perrin, 1991, exhibition catalogue, no. 190. |
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| Accession number | C.196A-1951 |
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| Record created | October 21, 2004 |
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