Lot Essay
Cf. Henry J. Reynaud, Faences Anciennes de Moustiers (1961), p. 113 for a similar example.
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CIRCA 1750, OLERY'S FACTORY, MANGANESE R.OL. MARKS
Details
A pair of Moustiers shaped oval dishes
Circa 1750, Olery's factory, manganese R.OL. marks
Painted in manganese and lightly shaded in brown with warriors, an itinerant friar, a peg-legged musician, a toper seated before fruiting vine and a turk with a dagger among fabulous birds and enormous insects within a border of flowering plants issuing from rockwork within a shaped quadruple line and lightly gadrooned rim (slight rim chips)
15 in. (38.5 cm.) wide (2)
Circa 1750, Olery's factory, manganese R.OL. marks
Painted in manganese and lightly shaded in brown with warriors, an itinerant friar, a peg-legged musician, a toper seated before fruiting vine and a turk with a dagger among fabulous birds and enormous insects within a border of flowering plants issuing from rockwork within a shaped quadruple line and lightly gadrooned rim (slight rim chips)
15 in. (38.5 cm.) wide (2)
Provenance
Hubac Collection, by descent.