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Assiette uni
Factory:
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Painter:
Levé, Denis
Gilder:
Buteux, Pierre-Théodore
Soft-paste porcelain plate, decorated with a green ground on the rim, and painted in enamels with a central gardening trophy, and on the rim with three floral reserves framed and linked by gilding.
Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, and decorated with a green ground, painting in blue, green, yellow, dark pink, mauve, pale greey, and brown enamels, and gilding Circular with gently sloping rim and shallow well. There is a suspension hole in the footring.The well has a white ground painted in polychrome with a gardening trophy comprising a basket, a cornemuse and a watering can tied with pink ribbon; a bird's nest and two doves; a spade, rake and a hoe or houlette tied with blue ribbon; a gourd, sprays of oak and olive leaves and a garland of flowers and foliage. The border has a green ground with three round-ended rectangular reserves, each framed by a gilt band, and painted with a spray of polychrome flowers and foliage. The reserves are linked by three swags of flowers with gilt crossed palms over the central one. There are gold bands round the inner and outer edges of the rim.
History note: Louis C.G. Clarke, Leckhampton, Cambridge.
L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960
Diameter: 24.7 cm
Height: 2.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1961-04-27) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
18th Century, third quarter#
Louis XV
Production date:
AD 1770
: The plate bears the date letter for 1770
The authenticity of this plate is doubted.
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( blue, green, yellow, dark pink, mauve, pale greey, and brown)
gold
Rim
composed of
ground colour
( green)
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, decorated with green ground colour, painting in blue, green, yellow, dark pink, mauve, pale greey, and brown enamels, and gilding.
Lead-glazing
Inscription present: interlaced L's enclosing R
Inscription present: in script
Accession number: C.45-1961
Primary reference Number: 75153
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Assiette uni" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75153 Accessed: 2024-11-05 12:25:18
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