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

Plateau (de dejeuner) carre

Tray
1757-1758 (made)
Artist/Maker
Sèvres Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
France (made)

Form: square
Ground: rose
Decoration: flowers and fruit
Rim hole


Object details

Categories
Access_to_Images 2003
Ceramics
Porcelain
Household Objects
SCRAN
Object type
Tray
TitlePlateau (de dejeuner) carre (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Soft-Paste Porcelain
Brief description
Soft-paste porcelain tray, painted in enamels and gilt, made by Sèvres porcelain factory, France, 1757-1758
Physical description
Form: square
Ground: rose
Decoration: flowers and fruit
Rim hole
Dimensions
  • Maximum width: 10.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'L's in blue enamel with date letter 'E' (Maker's mark)
  • 'W' in blue enamel for François le Vavasseur (Painter's mark)
  • Pt (incised)
Credit line
Bequeathed by D. M. Currie
Object history
D.M. Currie Bequest.
Subjects depicted
Flowers
Fruit
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.400-1921

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O99983/plateau-de-dejeuner-carre-tray-sèvres-porcelain-factory/
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