Dessert Plate
ca. 1775 (made)
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Circular plate with lobed border, the centre painted in enamels with sylized exotic birds on rococo scrollwork, the border painted with scattered flowers and the rim picked out in maroon and blue
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware painted in enamels |
| Brief description | Earthenware dessert plate decorated with exotic birds and flowers, by Aprey pottery factory, France, ca. 1775 |
| Physical description | Circular plate with lobed border, the centre painted in enamels with sylized exotic birds on rococo scrollwork, the border painted with scattered flowers and the rim picked out in maroon and blue |
| Credit line | Given by J. H. Fitzhenry |
| Production | Acquired as Aprey, second half of the 18th century. For similar Aprey decoration dated c. 1775 see Dorothée Guillemé Brulon, Strasbourg & Niderviller - Sources et rayonnement, Histoire de la Faïence Francaise, Paris, 1999, p. 144, bottom right. |
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| Accession number | C.567-1909 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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