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

Plate

1770-1790 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The centre painted with a man in Chinese dress and the border with insects, the edge with feathering in crimson


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours
Brief description
Tin-glazed earthenware plate, painted in colours, made in France, 1770-1790, possibly by Lunéville pottery factory
Physical description
The centre painted with a man in Chinese dress and the border with insects, the edge with feathering in crimson
Credit line
Given from the collection of the late R. Temple Kirkpatrick
Object history
From the collection of the late R. Temple Kirkpatrick
Production
Acquired as French, late 18th century; a note in the register attributes it to Moustiers, Ferrat factory, by comparison with one so attributed in La Faience de Moustiers; a further note in Michael Archer's hand compares it with examples attributed to Lunéville at the Lunéville Palace Museum.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.36-1920

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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