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

Plate

ca. 1760-ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plain circular plate with angled border and blue-grey glaze, the centre painted with a woman seated in a landscape and the border painted in 'bianco sopra bianco' with diapered ground and reserved scroll-edged panels enclosing floral sprigs in manganese. Tin-glazed earthenware painted in manganese.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in manganese and with <i>bianco sopra bianco</i> decoration
Brief description
Tin-glazed earthenware plate, woman in landscape painted in centre with floral sprays around outer edge, by Pierre-François Fauquez's pottery factory, Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, ca. 1760-ca. 1770.
Physical description
Plain circular plate with angled border and blue-grey glaze, the centre painted with a woman seated in a landscape and the border painted in 'bianco sopra bianco' with diapered ground and reserved scroll-edged panels enclosing floral sprigs in manganese. Tin-glazed earthenware painted in manganese.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.2cm
Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Production
Acquired as Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, ca. 1760-70
Collection
Accession number
C.277-1918

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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