A MEILLONAS FAIENCE OVAL DISH

CIRCA 1765

Details

A MEILLONAS FAIENCE OVAL DISH
Circa 1765
Painted with a central bouquet of flowers within a ruffle moulded border painted in green and black
11in. (29.2cm.) long

Provenance

The Estate of Emery May Holden Norweb; Christie's East, 30 January 1985, lot 49
With Armin B. Allen, Inc.

Exhibited

Norweb Collection

Lot Essay

See Arthur Lane, French Faience, London, 1970, fig. 74A for a similar dish in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum incorrectly described as Niderviller and Faiences Franaises, Exhibition Catalogue, Grand Palais, Paris, 1980, p. 110 for a circular plate where the similar distinctive border moulding is described as having also been done at Sceaux under Jacques Chapelle.

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