Plate
ca.1745-1760 (made)
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Circular plate with scalloped border and waved edge, the border painted in colours with rococo cartouches with trophies, flags, laurels and palms and with a fleur-de-lys flanked by putti, the centre with a rococo cartouche flanked by flags and laurels and palms containing a landscape with rabbits
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours |
| Brief description | Earthenware plate with design of foliage and trophies around central landscape, France, ca. 1760-ca. 1770 |
| Physical description | Circular plate with scalloped border and waved edge, the border painted in colours with rococo cartouches with trophies, flags, laurels and palms and with a fleur-de-lys flanked by putti, the centre with a rococo cartouche flanked by flags and laurels and palms containing a landscape with rabbits |
| Credit line | Given by J. H. Fitzhenry |
| Object history | Acquisition type: Gift |
| Production | Acquired as Varages; relabelled 'Southern France, c. 1760-70' Possibly Fouque and Pelloquin's factory, Moustiers. The trophy decoration possibly commemorating or inspired by the French victory against the English and Austrians at the battle of Fontenoy in 1745. |
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| Accession number | C.586-1909 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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