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Plate

ca. 1718-ca. 1739 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Circular plate with waved edge, with diaper pattern border, the centre painted with interlacing floral pattern

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Brief description
Tin-glazed earthenware plate, made by Guillibaud's pottery factory, Rouen, ca. 1718-ca. 1739.
Physical description
Circular plate with waved edge, with diaper pattern border, the centre painted with interlacing floral pattern
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 25.3cm
  • Height: 3.1cm
  • Weight: 0.600kg
Marks and inscriptions
(No mark)
Credit line
Given by J. H. Fitzhenry
Object history
Acquisition type: Gift
Production
Acquired as Rouen (Guillibaud's factory). For similarly decorated wares, one of which is signed 'Mr Guillibaud' for Jean-Baptiste Guillibaud, and dated to c. 1728-30 (though production was from 1718-39), see Dorothée Guillemé Brulon, Paris & Rouen - Sources et rayonnement, Histoire de la Faïence Francaise, Paris, 1998, p. 36.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Arthur Lane, French Faïence, 1948, pl. 25A
Collection
Accession number
C.634-1909

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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