A FRENCH MAJOLICA TROMPE L'OEIL ASPARAGUS PART SERVICE
MOST WITH IMPRESSED CYPHERS AND INCISED 1305, CIRCA 1880
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A FRENCH MAJOLICA TROMPE L'OEIL ASPARAGUS PART SERVICE
MOST WITH IMPRESSED CYPHERS AND INCISED 1305, CIRCA 1880
Including twelve plates, a platter and a strainer splashed in pale blues and greens with a moulded border of leafy artichokes and asparagus spears, the strainer tied with blue ribbon
13 in. (33 cm.) wide, the platter (14)
Lot Essay
See Bockol, p. 95 for an example illustrated with the author in Diane Dumonde's shop in Paris.
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