Serving Dish
ca. 1700-ca. 1710 (made)
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Tin-glazed earthenware (faience) dominated ceramic production in Europe from the beginning of the 15th century until the middle of the 18th century. The faience of Italy, France and Holland show how each country took the lead in making ceramics of this kind. The most accomplished factories found the Courts of Europe a ready market for their wares. The fashion for imported Chinese porcelain popularised the use of a delicate blue and white palette. European factories quickly adapted this decoration to the grand and robust style known as 'Baroque'.
This plate, made at Antoine Clérissy's prestigious factory at Marseilles is painted with a hunting scene after Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630).
This plate, made at Antoine Clérissy's prestigious factory at Marseilles is painted with a hunting scene after Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630).
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue |
| Brief description | Large circular dish with lappet and scroll border, earthenware, the centre painted with a hunting subject after Antonio Tempesta, Saint-Jean-du-Désert pottery factory, France, about 1700-1710 |
| Physical description | Large circular dish with lappet and scroll border, tin-glazed earthenware, the centre painted in blue over purple outlines with a hunting subject after Antonio Tempesta |
| Object history | Bought from the Aigoin Collection Acquisition type: Purchase |
| Production | Saint-Jean-du-Désert factory (Clérissy factory); Acquired as Marseilles, Antoine Clérissy factory, c. 1697; relabelled St-Jean-du-Désert, late 17th century. For another similar after Tempesta dated to the early 18th century see Dorothée Guillemé Brulon, Moustiers and Marseilles - Sources et rayonnement, Histoire de la Faïence Francaise, Paris, 1998, p. 71. |
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| Summary | Tin-glazed earthenware (faience) dominated ceramic production in Europe from the beginning of the 15th century until the middle of the 18th century. The faience of Italy, France and Holland show how each country took the lead in making ceramics of this kind. The most accomplished factories found the Courts of Europe a ready market for their wares. The fashion for imported Chinese porcelain popularised the use of a delicate blue and white palette. European factories quickly adapted this decoration to the grand and robust style known as 'Baroque'. This plate, made at Antoine Clérissy's prestigious factory at Marseilles is painted with a hunting scene after Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630). |
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| Accession number | 472-1870 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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