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Compotier

Dessert Dish
ca. 1754-ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Shell shaped dish, painted with pink floral sprays on white ground with pink, blue and green border.

Object details

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Object type
TitleCompotier
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Brief description
Scallop-shaped earthenware dessert dish with pink floral decoration, by Niderviller pottery and porcelain factory, France, ca. 1754-ca. 1770
Physical description
Shell shaped dish, painted with pink floral sprays on white ground with pink, blue and green border.
Credit line
Given by Monsieur Albert Bichet
Object history
Apparently lot 208 in the Waddington collection, sold Paris 1875
Acquisition type: Gift
Production
Illustrated in A. Lane, French Faïence, 1948, pl. 76B, where dated to the Bayerlé period, 1754-70.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Illustrated A. Lane, French Faïence, 1948, pl. 76B
Collection
Accession number
C.12-1912

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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