A PAIR OF COALPORT PALE-PINK-GROUND RETICULATED PLATES manufactured for the Chicago Exhibition 1893, painted by A. Boullemier with figures of playful elves, one seated beside a pond drawing a fish on a line from the water, the other juggling with oranges, within raised gilt cartouches of palmettes, scrolls and meandering wild grasses dotted with three scallop-shells, the borders pierced with chain-pattern, moulded with pink flowerheads at the intersections and enriched in gilding, signed, green and gilt printed marks, pattern numbers X1290, 1893

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A PAIR OF COALPORT PALE-PINK-GROUND RETICULATED PLATES manufactured for the Chicago Exhibition 1893, painted by A. Boullemier with figures of playful elves, one seated beside a pond drawing a fish on a line from the water, the other juggling with oranges, within raised gilt cartouches of palmettes, scrolls and meandering wild grasses dotted with three scallop-shells, the borders pierced with chain-pattern, moulded with pink flowerheads at the intersections and enriched in gilding, signed, green and gilt printed marks, pattern numbers X1290, 1893
9¾in. (24.5cm.) diam. (2)

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Antonin Boullemier, the son of a Sèvres decorator, came to England in 1871 and was employed by Mintons from 1873. He specialised in painting portraits, cupids and mythological figures. Later, working freelance, he painted exhibition pieces for other factories.

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