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Dish

ca. 1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oval lobed dish, tin-glazed earthenware, with waved outline, the centre painted in enamels with a landscape vignette with exotic birds, the border with diapered panels in pink, alternating with birds or butterflies, the edge with dentil pattern in pink

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in enamels
Brief description
Serving dish or tureen stand, tin-glazed earthenware, the centre painted in enamels with a landscape vignette, Aprey pottery factory, France, about 1775
Physical description
Oval lobed dish, tin-glazed earthenware, with waved outline, the centre painted in enamels with a landscape vignette with exotic birds, the border with diapered panels in pink, alternating with birds or butterflies, the edge with dentil pattern in pink
Object history
Bought from the Aigoin collection.
Production
Acquired as Luneville, ca. 1760; reattributed to Aprey, second half of the 18th century; illustrated as Aprey, no date given, Arthur Lane, French Faïence, 1948, pl. 88B.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
479-1870

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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