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Plate

ca. 1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Circular plate with waved edge, the centre painted in colours with chinoiseries in the manner of Pillement and the border with birds on branches; the rim is picked out in black and green.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Brief description
F, NP, MARSEILLES, 18
Physical description
Circular plate with waved edge, the centre painted in colours with chinoiseries in the manner of Pillement and the border with birds on branches; the rim is picked out in black and green.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'VP' in monogram (Painted in black)
Credit line
Given by Mrs F. L. Dickinson
Production
Acquired as Marseilles, factory of Veuve Perrin, ca. 1750-70. For similar work dated ca. 1765 see Danielle Maternati-Baldouy, Faïence et porcelaine de Marseille, 1997, cat. 168 and 171-2. Illustrated Musées de Marseille, La Faïence de Marseille au XVIIIe siècle: La manufacture de la Veuve Perrin, 1991, exhibition catalogue, no. 195.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.147-1917

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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