FIVE FRENCH TROMPE L'OEIL OYSTER PLATES
FIVE FRENCH TROMPE L'OEIL OYSTER PLATES

IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARKS FOR VALLAURIS, 20TH CENTURY

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FIVE FRENCH TROMPE L'OEIL OYSTER PLATES
IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARKS FOR VALLAURIS, 20TH CENTURY
Each moulded with six angled oyster shells about a lemon-shaped well, four splashed in red and yellow on a mottled brown ground, the fifth with shells in turquoise
9 in. (23 cm.) diameter (5)

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See Snyder, p. 121 for another example.

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