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Cover

ca. 1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Jacob Petit's Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Fontainebleau (made)

Dish and cover of hard-paste porcelain, decorated in enamel.

Object details

Category
Ceramics
Object type
Cover
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Dish
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, decorated in enamel
Hard Paste Porcelain
Enamel
Enamelled
Brief description
Dish and cover of hard-paste porcelain, decorated in enamel, Jacob Petit's porcelain factory, Fontainebleau, ca. 1850.
Physical description
Dish and cover of hard-paste porcelain, decorated in enamel.
Marks and inscriptions
'J.P.' (In underglaze blue)
Gallery label
(1987-2006)
VEGETABLE DISH
Jacob Petit
Manufacturer
France (Fontainbleau):
about 1850
Hard-paste porcelain,
decorated in enamel
Mark: J.P. in underglaze blue

384&a-1902

'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900'

A hard-paste porcelain factory was started at Fontainebleau in 1795 and bought in 1830 by Jacob Petit, who had been a decorator at Sèvres. Under him the factory made pieces with floral decoration imitating Sèrves porcelain. It enamelled pieces which came 'in the white' from Limoges and produced some fine rococo-revival work. This vegetable dish imitates rococo naturalism, like the Chelsea tureens in the shapes of bunches of asparagus etc. made in the 1750s.

Given by Col. F.R. Waldo-Sibthorpe
Credit line
Given by Col. F.R. Waldo-Sibthorpe
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
384&A-1902

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Record createdApril 12, 2006
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O123002/cover-jacob-petits-porcelain/
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