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A pair of large Sèvres Théodore Deck pottery ormolu-mounted ornithological chargers

CIRCA 1890, IMPRESSED TH DECK AND WITH A ROUNDEL DEPICTING HIS PORTRAIT IN PROFILE AND FURTHER MARKS

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A pair of large Sèvres Théodore Deck pottery ormolu-mounted ornithological chargers
Circa 1890, impressed TH DECK and with a roundel depicting his portrait in profile and further marks
Painted allover in colours with a naturalistical scene, one depicting a duck and its offspring, the other with a pair of great crested grebes between flowers, within a bronze mount with pierced pointed ornaments
81.5 and 83 cm. high
See illustration (2)

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Lot Essay

Cf. R. de Plinval de Guillebon, Faïence et Porcelaine de Paris, XVIIIe-XIXe siècles, Dijon, 1995, pp. 244-255 for an example of Théodore Deck ceramics with waterbirds and p. 243 for a discussion of the marks of Théodore Deck when appointed director in Sèvres from 1887 till his death in 1891.

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