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

Assiette a feuille de choux

Plate
1766 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate, soft-paste porcelain, 6 lobes, three moulded as leaves, floral decoration painted in enamels and gilt on a white ground. Rim hole.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleAssiette a feuille de choux (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Plate, soft-paste porcelain, floral decoration painted in enamels and gilt, Sèvres porcelain factory, France, 1766
Physical description
Plate, soft-paste porcelain, 6 lobes, three moulded as leaves, floral decoration painted in enamels and gilt on a white ground. Rim hole.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 24.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'L's enclosing letter 'n' (Maker's mark, in blue enamel with date letter 'n')
  • a dot over 'T' (Painter's mark, in blue enamel for François Binet)
  • ',' (Painter's mark, a comma in blue enamel for Charles Mereaud)
  • '*'
Object history
Bought for £1 5s from the Bernal Collection
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
2011C-1855

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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