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

Cruet Stand

ca. 1740-ca. 1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

With two openwork bottle slots, the walls of which are formed as interlacing naturalistic fruiting vine stems, with two shallow compartments for ground pepper or spices, the central handle formed as a pole (around which a fruiting vine trail spirals) surmounted by bird.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in enamels
Brief description
Cruet stand in the form of interlacing vines, by Aprey pottery factory, France, ca. 1740-ca. 1750
Physical description
With two openwork bottle slots, the walls of which are formed as interlacing naturalistic fruiting vine stems, with two shallow compartments for ground pepper or spices, the central handle formed as a pole (around which a fruiting vine trail spirals) surmounted by bird.
Marks and inscriptions
'aprey' (painted in manganese)
Credit line
Given by Monsieur Albert Bichet
Production
Acquired as Aprey, second half of the 18th century; for other pieces with this mark and dated to c. 1740-50 see Dorothée Guillemé Brulon, Strasbourg & Niderviller - Sources et rayonnement, Histoire de la Faïence Francaise, Paris, 1999, p. 137-8.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.154-1912

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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