Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Plate

ca. 1844 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bought from the Exhibition of Industrial Art, Paris, 1844, this plate is one of the earliest acquisitions by the South Kensington School of Design (the origin of the Museum's collection). Edouard D. Honoré (d.1855) headed one of the major porcelain manufactories in Paris. His first partnership was with P-L Dagoty and, after its dissolution, he continued independently with a saleroom at Boulevard Poissonnière and decorating studios in Montparnasse in Paris, and a factory at Champroux, Allier. Honoré took out several patents for the application of high-temperature coloured grounds and for the development of lithographic techniques. The School's interest in new techniques applied to design ensured the value of Honoré's production as examples for the students.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, transfer printed, gilded and painted
Brief description
Plate of procelain, transfer printed and painted, Edouard D. Honoré, France, ca. 1844
Physical description
Plate of procelain, transfer printed and painted with flowers and gilded.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22cm
Marks and inscriptions
'E.D.Honoré Blvd Poissonnière No. 6 à Paris Manufacture à Champroux Allier' within a scroll, printed in red
Summary
Bought from the Exhibition of Industrial Art, Paris, 1844, this plate is one of the earliest acquisitions by the South Kensington School of Design (the origin of the Museum's collection). Edouard D. Honoré (d.1855) headed one of the major porcelain manufactories in Paris. His first partnership was with P-L Dagoty and, after its dissolution, he continued independently with a saleroom at Boulevard Poissonnière and decorating studios in Montparnasse in Paris, and a factory at Champroux, Allier. Honoré took out several patents for the application of high-temperature coloured grounds and for the development of lithographic techniques. The School's interest in new techniques applied to design ensured the value of Honoré's production as examples for the students.
Collection
Accession number
478-1844

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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