TWELVE FRENCH MAJOLICA TROMPE L'OEIL ASPARAGUS PLATES
MOST WITH IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARKS FOR SALINS, CIRCA 1880
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TWELVE FRENCH MAJOLICA TROMPE L'OEIL ASPARAGUS PLATES
MOST WITH IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARKS FOR SALINS, CIRCA 1880
Ten moulded with five blue and green tipped spears of asparagus, the leaf border with an artichoke; the two others with a central well moulded as a napkin
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) diameter (12)
Lot Essay
See Faveton, p. 40 for an example of the leafy bordered plate attributed to Salin and Bockol p. 154 for the napkin example marked for Salins.
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