A large Nevers faience blue and white jardinière
18th Century
The campana-shaped body decorated with rectangular cartouches depicting a village amidst trees, the sides moulded with female mascaroon handles, further with hatches, on domed arcaded base (chipped)
41cm. (16 1/8 in.) high
Lot Essay
Cf. S. de Plas, Les faïences de Nevers (Paris 1984), ill.p. 53 for a Nevers jardinière of similar form
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