Le Tireur de Cartes
Plate
ca.1840 (made)
ca.1840 (made)
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| Place of origin |
This plate is illustrated with a French street scene from around 1840, showing a card-sharp showman working a pitch in a town setting, brandishing some cards aloft. A bare headed man by the table is possibly his accomplice, or a duped member of the public. The plate was made at the Gien factory near Orleans in France, some time between 1833 and 1834 when the maker's mark stamped on the back of this plate was used. The Gien factory was founded in the Loire Valley in 1821 by Thomas Hall, an Englishman who wanted to introduce fine English earthenware manufacturing techniques in France. Production began with functional tableware, and developed to include a wider range of dinnerware and decorative pieces.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Le Tireur de Cartes (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Transfer-printed earthenware |
| Brief description | Plate entitled 'Le Tireur de Cartes', featuring a central black line-engraved image of a showman and his assistant. Engraving by 'HN'. Transfer-printed earthenware by Gien, France, ca.1840. |
| Physical description | Earthenware plate printed with a black and white engraving showing an engraved image of a hatted card-sharp showman and his accomplice, or duped member of the public, standing by a table, with a drum on the ground, in a town setting with people gathered round including a boy with a hoop. The rim is decorated with a floral and fruit motif. The title 'LE TIREUR DE CARTES 'appears under the central image. The rim of the plate is decorated with an alternating pattern of bunches of flowers and ripe fruit. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Mark verso: 'PORCELAIN OPAQUE GIEN' within roundel composed of arrows and dots |
| Summary | This plate is illustrated with a French street scene from around 1840, showing a card-sharp showman working a pitch in a town setting, brandishing some cards aloft. A bare headed man by the table is possibly his accomplice, or a duped member of the public. The plate was made at the Gien factory near Orleans in France, some time between 1833 and 1834 when the maker's mark stamped on the back of this plate was used. The Gien factory was founded in the Loire Valley in 1821 by Thomas Hall, an Englishman who wanted to introduce fine English earthenware manufacturing techniques in France. Production began with functional tableware, and developed to include a wider range of dinnerware and decorative pieces. |
| Associated object | S.85-2007 (Object) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.242-2018 |
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| Record created | September 27, 2018 |
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