Ecuelle and Cover thumbnail 1
Ecuelle and Cover thumbnail 2
Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Ecuelle and Cover

ca. 1739-ca. 1749 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Circular bowl painted with swags in ochre, with two flat handles with reserved panels with putti in colours; the low domed cover painted with swags and reserved panels, in rich floral boders, containing mythological figurs painted in colours


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Ecuelle
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed eathenware, painted in colours
Brief description
Ecuelle and cover, tin-glazed earthenware painted with swags and floral decoration, Olérys and Laugier's pottery factory, Moustiers-Sainte Marie, about 1739-1749
Physical description
Circular bowl painted with swags in ochre, with two flat handles with reserved panels with putti in colours; the low domed cover painted with swags and reserved panels, in rich floral boders, containing mythological figurs painted in colours
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'OL' painted in monogram in ochre
  • Unidentified painter's mark 'P.' painted in ochre
Object history
Bought from the Fètis Collection
Acquisition type: Purchase
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
125:1,2-1887

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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