FOUR FRENCH MAJOLICA TROMPE L'OEIL ASPARAGUS PLATES AND A TRAY
IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARKS FOR LONGCHAMP, MODEL NO. 1046 G; IMPRESSED B 5, POSSIBLY FOR SALINS, RESPECTIVELY, CIRCA 1880
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FOUR FRENCH MAJOLICA TROMPE L'OEIL ASPARAGUS PLATES AND A TRAY
IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARKS FOR LONGCHAMP, MODEL NO. 1046 G; IMPRESSED B 5, POSSIBLY FOR SALINS, RESPECTIVELY, CIRCA 1880
Each plate with moulded stylized shells resting on a radiating bed of asparagus spears; the tray with central ozier-moulded cradle, spiral border and asparagus spear handles
16 7/8 in. (43 cm.) wide, the tray (5)
Lot Essay
See Bockol, p. 95 for an example illustrated with the author in Diane Dumonde's shop in Paris.
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