A PROBABLY TOURNAI FAIENCE JUG AND BASIN IN THE STRASBOURG-STYLE (aiguière et son bassin), after silver examples, painted in colours with various bouquets of fleurs fines, surrounded with blue scales, the rim with purple scales, the pedestal baluster jug with pointed spout, the handle scrolled, the oval basin similarly decorated (the foot to the jug chipped, the basin with hairline cracks), circa 1760

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A PROBABLY TOURNAI FAIENCE JUG AND BASIN IN THE STRASBOURG-STYLE (aiguière et son bassin), after silver examples, painted in colours with various bouquets of fleurs fines, surrounded with blue scales, the rim with purple scales, the pedestal baluster jug with pointed spout, the handle scrolled, the oval basin similarly decorated (the foot to the jug chipped, the basin with hairline cracks), circa 1760
the jug 26 cm high
the basin 32 cm wide

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This piece has been attributed to the Tournai faïence manufactory by repute. Tournai faïence was almost never marked. Its sources of inspiration mostly came from Eastern France (Strasbourg and Niderviller).

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