Dessert Dish

1754-1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Shell-shaped dessert dish. Tin-glazed earthenware painted with sprays of pink, blue, purple and yellow flowers, a pink and blue border around the rim.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Shell-shaped dish, tin-glazed earthenware painted with flowers, Niderviller pottery and porcelain factory, France, 1754-1770
Physical description
Shell-shaped dessert dish. Tin-glazed earthenware painted with sprays of pink, blue, purple and yellow flowers, a pink and blue border around the rim.
Marks and inscriptions
'BN' (for Baron Jean-Louis Bayerlé, painted in manganese)
Object history
Bought from the Aigoin Collection.
Acquisition type: Purchase
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
A. Lane, French Faïence, 1948, pl. 76B
Collection
Accession number
482-1870

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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