Object Number 1963.0577

Object Name

Dish (Stand)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Jean Baptiste Pillement (Design inspiration)
1728-1808
"In the early part of his career, he worked as a textile designer at the Gobelins factory, and as a decorative painter in Spain and Portugal. He eventually moved to London, where in 1755 he published the first of many books of Chinoiserie designs. However, he was most well-known for his prints of flowers. His popularity waned significantly when Rococo design fell out of fashion at the end of the century." (Source: ULAN).

Place of Origin

Liverpool or Dublin, England or Ireland, Europe

Date

1755-1765

Materials

Earthenware (delftware, faience); Tin glaze

Techniques

Molded, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

1.181 (H) , 11.614 (L) , 8.465 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

3 (H) , 29.5 (L) , 21.5 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Austin, John C. 1994 British Delft at Williamsburg.
• Dish of similar form in blue and white with different painted borders and center: p. 159, no. 257, from part dinner service, Dublin or Liverpool, c. 1760. Armorial.
[Article] Zeller, Loren. Tracing the source of chinoiserie designs on 18th- and 19th-century ceramics. Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle. 33: 113-167.
• "La Peche" design inspiration by Jean-Baptiste Pillemont, engraved by P. C. Canot: p. 146, no. 100
[Article] Zeller, Loren. Tracing the source of chinoiserie designs on 18th- and 19th-century ceramics. Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle. 33: 113-167.
• Snuff box, delft plate, maiolica dish, Worcester mugs, and an earthenware plate portraying same scene (La Peche): pp.146-48, nos. 102, 103, 105, 107