Serving Dish

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish, tin-glazed earthenware, the centre painted with exotic birds, and the border with insects, the edge and moulded ribs picked out in crimson and yellow.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours
Brief description
Oval serving dish or stand, tin-glazed earthenware, the centre painted with exotic birds, and the border with insects, Lunéville pottery factory, France, about 1760
Physical description
Dish, tin-glazed earthenware, the centre painted with exotic birds, and the border with insects, the edge and moulded ribs picked out in crimson and yellow.
Object history
Bought from the Aigoin Collection
Production
Acquired as Lunéville ca. 1760; relabelled as Aprey; examined in 1932 by Hans Haug, Director of Strasbourg Museum, who suggested it was not Aprey but of uncertain Lorraine maunufacture, perhaps Lunéville.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
480-1870

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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