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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Salad Bowl

ca. 1785 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Deep, square dish with indented corners and waved rim, painted in colours with regular pattern of floral bouquets and scattered sprigs, the rim edged in blue and with dott and lappet pattern


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Brief description
Deep, square dish, tin-glazed earthenware, with indented corners and waved rim, painted in colours, Robert pottery factory, Marseilles, about 1785
Physical description
Deep, square dish with indented corners and waved rim, painted in colours with regular pattern of floral bouquets and scattered sprigs, the rim edged in blue and with dott and lappet pattern
Production
Acquired as Marseilles, reattributed to Sceaux, reattributed to Marseilles, Robert factory, c. 1780; for similarly decorated objects attributed to the Robert factory and dated c. 1785 see Danielle Maternati-Baldouy, Faïence et porcelaine de Marseille, 1997, cat. 332-3.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
376-1869

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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