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

Serving Dish

ca. 1720-ca. 1740 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Large oval dish with indented border, tin-glazed earthenware painted with lambrequin ornament, the centre painted with a grotesque in the manner of Jean Bérain with Bacchus with a goat and demi-figures


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue
Brief description
Large oval dish with indented border, tin-glazed earthenware painted with lambrequin ornament, the centre painted in the manner of Jean Bérain, France, about 1720-1740
Physical description
Large oval dish with indented border, tin-glazed earthenware painted with lambrequin ornament, the centre painted with a grotesque in the manner of Jean Bérain with Bacchus with a goat and demi-figures
Credit line
Given by Stuart G. Davis
Object history
Acquisition type: Bequest
Production
Acquired as Moustiers 1680-1720; relabelled as Moustiers, Olerys' factory c. 1715. (However, Laugier and Olerys' factory was not set up until 1739, closing in 1745).
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
458-1870

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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