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Large birds, part dinner service
(Grands Oiseaux)
(1878-1880)

Medium
earthenware
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Peter and Ivanka Canet, 2018
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
earthenware
Measurements
(1) 1.9 × 23.5 cm diameter (dinner plate)
(2) 2.2 × 25.0 cm diameter (dinner plate)
(3) 2.0 × 25.5 cm diameter (dinner plate)
(4) 2.0 × 25.5 cm diameter (dinner plate)
(5) 2.0 × 25.5 cm diameter (dinner plate)
(6) 1.9 × 25.5 cm diameter (dinner plate)
(7) 2.0 × 25.4 cm diameter (dinner plate)
(8) 1.7 × 25.5 cm diameter (dinner plate)
(9) 2.0 × 25.2 cm diameter (dinner plate)
(10) 1.7 × 25.2 cm diameter (dinner plate)
(11) 1.5 × 22.1 cm diameter (dessert plate)
(12) 1.9 × 22.6 cm diameter (dessert plate)
(13) 1.9 × 22.5 cm diameter (dessert plate)
(14) 1.9 × 22.4 cm diameter (dessert plate)
(15) 5.7 × 25.5 cm diameter (footed dish)
(16) 5.7 × 25.5 cm diameter (footed dish)
(17) 16.8 × 25.0 cm diameter (footed serving bowl)
(18) 15.1 × 23.1 cm diameter (footed serving bowl)
(19) 2.2 × 30.9 cm daimeter (serving dish)
(20) 2.2 × 27.6 cm diameter (serving dish)
(21) 2.8 × 30.9 × 25.6 cm (platter)
(22) 5.2 × 56.9 × 26.5 cm (platter)
(23) 3.0 × 39.2 × 32.0 cm (platter)
(24) 3.0 × 34.0 × 27.8 cm (fish dish)
(25) 1.8 × 25.4 cm diameter (dinner plate, brown rim)
(26) 2.1 × 25.7 cm diameter (dinner plate, brown rim)
(27) 1.8 × 25.4 cm diameter (dinner plate, brown rim)
(28) 1.9 × 25.5 cm diameter (dinner plate, brown rim)
(29) 1.9 × 25.3 cm diameter (dinner plate, brown rim)
Place/s of Execution
Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France
Inscription
(1) painted (diagonally) in brown u.r.: 9
printed (diagonally) in black on base c.: D / (sybmols) (in a rectangle) / 4
impressed in base l.c.: 1
(2) painted in blue on base u.l.: (star)
painted (vertically) in blue on base c.: 29
impressed (diagonally) (inverted) in base c.: 1
printed in black on base c.: D / (symbols) (in a rectangle) / 17
printed in black on base l.c.l.: 4
(3) painted in black on base c.: 29
impressed in base c.r.: E
impressed (inverted) in base c.r.: 1
printed in black on base l.c.: D / (symbols) (in a rectangle) / 10
(4) painted in black on base u.l.: (…illeg.) 0
painted in blue on base u.r.: X
printed (diagonally) (inverted) in black on base c.: D / (symbols) (in a rectangle) / 14
impressed (vertically) in base c.: E (…illeg.)
(5) printed (vertically) in black on base u.c.: D / (symbols) (in a rectangle) / (…illeg.) 12
impressed in base c.: E 1
painted in black on base l.l.: 20
(6) painted (vertically) in blue on base u.c.: 74
impressed (inverted) in base u.c.: 1
printed (diagonally) in black on base c. D / (symbols) (in a rectangle) / 15
(7) printed (diagonally) in black on base c.: D / (symbols) (in a rectangle) / 1
impressed (vertically in base l.c.r: 1
painted in blue on base c.r.: X
painted (vertically) in blue on base l.r.: (…illeg.) P
(8) printed (diagonally) (inverted) in black on base c.: 4
printed (diagonally) on base D / (symbols) (in a rectangle) / 2
painted (vertically) in black on base l.c.l.: 41
painted (inverted) in blue on base l.l.: 20
impressed (diagonally) (inverted) in base l.c.: 1
(9) printed (diagonally) in black on base u.c.: D / (symbols) (in a rectangle) / (…illeg.)
printed (vertically) in black on base c.: 4
impressed in base c.r: (…illeg.)
painted in blie on base c.r.: 37
painted (vertically) in black on base c.r.: 4 (…illeg.)
(10) painted in blue on base u.c.r.: (…illeg.)
printed (diagonally) in black on base c.: D / (symbols) (in a rectangle) / 18
impressed (diagonally) (inverted) in base c.: 1
(11) printed (inverted) in black on base u.c.: D / (symbols) (in a rectangle) / 16
printed (vertically) on base c.r.: 4
painted (vertically) in blue on base l.c.: 1
(12) printed (vertically) in black on base u.c.: D / (symbols) (in a rectangle) / 3
impressed (vertially) in base c.r.: 4
painted in blue on base c.r.: x
(13) painted (diagonally) in black on base u.c.: 18
impressed (diagonally) in base c.: 7
printed (diagonally) (inverted) in black on base l.c.: D / (symbols) (in a rectangle) / 8
(14) printed (diagonally) (inverted) in black on base c.: D / (symbols) (in a rectangle) / 23
impressed (vertically)
(15) printed (vertically) in black on base c.: D / (symbols) (in a rectangle) / 1
painted (diagonally) in black on base c.: 29
painted in blue on base c.r.: X
impressed (diagonally) in base l.c.: C
impressed in base l.c.r.: (…illeg.)
(16) printed (diagonally) (inverted) in black on base c.: D / (symbols) (in a rectangle) / 2
impressed in base l.l.: (…illeg.) VIEILLARD (…illeg.) / (…illeg.)
painted (inverted) in blue on base l.c.: 62
impressed (diagonally) in base l.c.: C
painted in blue on base l.r.: X
(17) printed (inverted) in black on pedestal c.: D / (symbols) (in a rectangle)
painted (diagonally) (inverted) in blue on base u.r.: 30
painted (diagonally) (inverted) in black on base c.l.: M
impressed (inverted) in base c.l.: V
impressed (vertically) in base c.: (square) J. VIEILLARD (…illeg.) / (three interlocking crescents) / BORDEAUX (square)
painted in black on base l.c.: (…illeg.) (…illeg.)
(18) printed (diagonally) in black on pedestal c.: D / (symbols) (in a rectangle) / 2
painted (vertically) in red on base u.r.: 51
impressed (diagonally) in base c.: C
impressed in base c.: (…illeg.) ILLARD (…illeg.) / (three interlocking crescents) / (…illeg.)
painted (diagonally) in blue on basel.r.: S
(19) impressed (vertically) in base c.: 7
printed on base c.: D / (symbols) (in a rectangle)
(20) printed (diagonally) in black on base u.l.: (symbols) (in a rectangle)
impressed (vertically) in base u.l.: C
painted (vertically) in blue on base u.l.: 6.
(21) printed (diagonally) in black on base c.: D / (symbols) (in a rectangle)
impressed in base l.l.: (…illeg.) 4
painted in brown on base l.c.r.: (…illeg.)
(22) impressed in base u.c.: 20
printed (vertically)in black on base c.l.: JVB (monogram)
(23) painted (diagonally) in black on base u.r.: 21
printed (vertically) in black on base c.: D / (symbols) (in a rectangle)
impressed (diagonally) in base c.r.: 7
painted (diagonally) in blue on base l.l.: W
(24) impressed (diagonally) (inverted) u.r.: 58
painted (diagonally) in blue on base u.r.: 7
printed (diagonally) in black on base D / (symbols) (in a rectangle)
painted in blue on base l.l.: X
(25) printed (diagonally) (inverted) on base u.c.l.: JVB (monogram)
impressed (vertically) in base l.r.: 1
(26) printed (diagonally) on base u.c.: JVB (monogram)
(27) printed (diagonally) in black on base c.r.: (symbols) (in a rectangle)
painted in black on base l.l.: (…illeg.)
(28) printed (diagonally) on base l.r.: JVB (monogram)
(29) painted (vertically) in blue on base c.l.: 61
printed (inverted) in black on base c.: D / (symbols) (in a rectangle) / 24
impressed (vertically) in base c.r.: 1
Accession Number
2018.301.1-29
Department
International Decorative Arts
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Peter and Ivanka Canet, 2018
Gallery location
Not on display