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

Ewer and Basin

ca. 1770-1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Baluster-shaped jug (much damaged and repaired) with ribbed lower body and scrollwork handle painted with a shepherd tending his sheep, and with mouldings picked out in yellow and purple; large oval basin with scrolled edge picked out in purple, the centre painted with a rural scene with a woman milking a cow, and the sides with scattered sprigs and insects; the two pieces are from the same factory but probably not original to one another.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Ewer
  • Basin
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours
Brief description
Earthenware ewer and basin, possibly made by Antoine Bonnefoy's pottery factory, Marseilles, ca. 1770-1780
Physical description
Baluster-shaped jug (much damaged and repaired) with ribbed lower body and scrollwork handle painted with a shepherd tending his sheep, and with mouldings picked out in yellow and purple; large oval basin with scrolled edge picked out in purple, the centre painted with a rural scene with a woman milking a cow, and the sides with scattered sprigs and insects; the two pieces are from the same factory but probably not original to one another.
Credit line
Given from the collection of the late R. Temple Kirkpatrick
Production
Acquired as Marseilles, perhaps factory of Antoine Bonnefoy, c. 1760 (which is probably too early)
Collection
Accession number
C.39-1920

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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