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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Assiette unie

Plate
1785 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Formed of six large and six small lobes round the rim. White ground. Round the rim is a border of flowers, and in the centre, a circular blur and gold medallion contains a bunch of roses.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleAssiette unie (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, painted by Marie-Barbe Bunel, Sèvres porcelain factory, Sèvres, 1785.
Physical description
Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Formed of six large and six small lobes round the rim. White ground. Round the rim is a border of flowers, and in the centre, a circular blur and gold medallion contains a bunch of roses.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 24.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'L's with date letter 'hh' (Maker's mark, in blue enamel)
  • 'mb' (Painter's mark, in blue enamel for Marie-Barbe Bunel)
  • 24 (Incised)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1337-1919

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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