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

Plate

ca. 1760-ca. 1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Niderviller Pottery and Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
France (made)

Painted in pink with Watteauesque figures, partly bordered with rococo scrolls, the border painted with insects


Object details

Categories
Access_to_Images 2003
Ceramics
SCRAN
Object type
Plate
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in pink enamel
Earthenware
Brief description
Plate, one of a pair, made by Niderviller pottery and porcelain factory, ca. 1760-ca. 1765
Physical description
Painted in pink with Watteauesque figures, partly bordered with rococo scrolls, the border painted with insects
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 23.8cm (Note: Conversion from imperial)
Credit line
Given by Monsieur Albert Bichet
Object history
Paper label 'COLLECTION A. PLOQUIN'. Part of lot 176 of the Ploquin sale, Paris, 23 May 1896
Acquisition type: Gift
Production
Illustrated in A. Lane, French Faïence, 1948, pl. 77, where dated to the Custine period, 1770-84; others similar but lacking rococo scrolls are illustrated in Dorothée Guillemé Brulon, Strasbourg & Niderviller - Sources et rayonnement, Histoire de la Faïence Francaise, Paris, 1999, p. 67, where dated to c. 1765, and Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, exhibition catalogue, 'Faïences Françaies, XVIe-XVIIIe siècles', 1980, cat. 228-9, where dated to c. 1755-65
Subjects depicted
Figure
Men
Women
Bibliographic reference
Illustrated A. Lane, French Faïence, 1948, pl. 77B
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.123-1910

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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