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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Ewer

ca. 1770-ca. 1785 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Ewer with pear-shaped body and loop handle, the front with a medallion depicting a rustic couple in green and black enamels and with gilt border, with details enhanced with gold.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Brief description
Ewer, earthenware, made by Joseph Robert's pottery factory, Marseilles, ca. 1770-ca. 1785
Physical description
Ewer with pear-shaped body and loop handle, the front with a medallion depicting a rustic couple in green and black enamels and with gilt border, with details enhanced with gold.
Credit line
Given by Monsieur Albert Bichet
Production
Acquired as Marseilles, factory of Joseph Robert, last quarter of the 18th century. For similar work attributed to this factory and dated c. 1770 and 1775-85 see Dorothée Guillemé Brulon, Moustiers and Marseilles - Sources et rayonnement, Histoire de la Faïence Francaise, Paris, 1998, p. 117, and Danielle Maternati-Baldouy, Faïence et porcelaine de Marseille, 1997, cat. 356-7.
Collection
Accession number
C.122-1910

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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