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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Plate

ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate, porcelain, painted with the crowned cipher of Louis-Philippe, duc d'Orleans (1752-1785) in blue enamel.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in blue enamel
Brief description
Porcelain plate, painted with the crowned cipher of Louis-Philippe, duc d'Orleans, Chantilly porcelain factory, France, about 1770
Physical description
Plate, porcelain, painted with the crowned cipher of Louis-Philippe, duc d'Orleans (1752-1785) in blue enamel.
Marks and inscriptions
  • a hunting horn and 'R' (Painted in blue enamel.)
  • a hunting horn (Incised)
  • 'Villers Cottonet' [sic] (Painted in blue enamel)
Credit line
Given by J. H. Fitzhenry
Object history
From a service made for Louis-Philippe, duc d'Orleans (12 May 1725 - 18 November 1785, born at Versailles, and known as the duke of Chartres until his father's death in 1752), for use at his château at Villers-Cotterêts.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
1294-1901

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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