THREE ROUEN FAIENCE OVAL PLATTERS
MID-18TH CENTURY
Comprising a pair and one slightly larger, each painted in bright grand feu colors with cornucopiae issuing carnations and other flowers, birds perched on the stems, insects scattered throughout
15¼ in. (38.7 cm.) long, the single; 13¼ in. (33.6 cm.) long, the pair (3)
Provenance
With Vandermeersch, Paris
Lot Essay
See Henry-Pierre Fourest, L'oeuvre des faïenciers français du XVIe à la fin de XVIIIe siècle, 1966, pp. 158-159, illus. for very similarly decorated dishes.
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