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

Service Des Bals

Comport
1845 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Platter of porcelain. White ground decorated with gold fillet and LP monogram surrounded by two branches of foliage.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleService Des Bals (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, enamelled and gilt
Brief description
Comport of porcelain, gilded by Jean-Louis Moyez, Sèvres porcelain factory, Sèvres, 1845.
Physical description
Platter of porcelain. White ground decorated with gold fillet and LP monogram surrounded by two branches of foliage.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 21.8cm
  • Base diameter: 11.4cm
  • Approx. height: 6.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'tr 7' (Incised (in glaze))
  • Crowned mirrored LP's with 'SV' and '45' (In chrome green (underglaze))
  • Crowned 'LP Sèvres 1845' (In blue (overglaze))
  • 'Château des Tuileries' (In red (overglaze))
  • 'M' (Gilder's mark in gold)
Credit line
Given by Herminio Ruiz-Guillaume
Object history
Commissioned for use at Château des Tuileries. Service des Bals, various residences (Maison du Roi).
Subjects depicted
Other number
HR-G 07 - Donor's reference
Collection
Accession number
C.27-2007

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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