Lot Essay
See Anonymous sale, Drouot, Paris, 3 February 1998, lot 40 for a similar example attribued to the School of Paris.
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PROBABLY SCHOOL OF PARIS, POSSIBLY THOMAS SERGENT, CIRCA 1880
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A FRENCH OR PORTUGUESE PALISSY STYLE CENTERPIECE
PROBABLY SCHOOL OF PARIS, POSSIBLY THOMAS SERGENT, CIRCA 1880
Modelled as a nautilus shell supported by three fantastic fish and applied with two snakes and a salamander, the shaped-circular foot with further shells and mossy frit
11 in. (27.9 cm.) high
PROBABLY SCHOOL OF PARIS, POSSIBLY THOMAS SERGENT, CIRCA 1880
Modelled as a nautilus shell supported by three fantastic fish and applied with two snakes and a salamander, the shaped-circular foot with further shells and mossy frit
11 in. (27.9 cm.) high