A LIMOGES ENAMEL PLATE

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A LIMOGES ENAMEL PLATE
FRENCH, MID-16TH CENTURY, BY PIERRE REYMOND

Decorated 'en grisaille' with fleshtone highlights, and depicting a banquet scene by a roaring fire, the typical labor of the month of January, with a dog chewing on a bone near the table, the rim decorated with phantastical beasts and frolicking putti, the top decorated with a dog enclosed within an oval medallion, the bottom with a coat-of-arms and a banner inscribed 'DE FORTI DVLC EDO', the reverse with a portrait bust of a gentleman enclosed by scrollwork and fruit clusters, and signed 'P.R' at the bottom edge, minor wear to edges
8in. (20.25cm.) diameter

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
S. Caroselli, The Painted Enamels of Limoges, A Catalogue of the Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 1993, pp. 108-119

The present plate represents January and comes from a set of calendar plates produced by Pierre Reymond. His atelier made such plates over an extended period, 1548 to 1566; they were obviously highly popular items for display in affluent French households.