Basin
ca. 1750-ca. 1775 (made)
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Basin for ewer, tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours. Low basin, rectilinear in elevation, shaped oval in plan, with two mask handles, painted with floral sprays in colours on yellow ground
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours |
| Brief description | Basin for ewer, tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours, probably Veuve Perrin pottery factory, Marseilles, about 1750-1775 |
| Physical description | Basin for ewer, tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours. Low basin, rectilinear in elevation, shaped oval in plan, with two mask handles, painted with floral sprays in colours on yellow ground |
| Credit line | Given by J. H. Fitzhenry |
| Production | Acquired as Moustiers, late 18th century. Labelled as Marseilles of Moustiers, c. 1740; for yellow ground pieces attributed to Marseilles and Moustiers see Dorothée Guillemé Brulon, Moustiers and Marseilles - Sources et rayonnement, Histoire de la Faïence Francaise, Paris, 1998, pp 50-1, 88 and 103-4; for Marseille yellow ground pieces attributed to Fauchier factory see Danielle Maternati-Baldouy, Faïence et porcelaine de Marseille, 1997, cat. 108-113. |
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| Accession number | C.255-1909 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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