CIRCA 1880, IMPRESSED OVAL JFM MONOGRAM MARK FOR JÉRÔME MASSIER FILS, VALLAURIS (A.M.)

See Pierre Faveton, Les Barbotines, Paris, p. 30, for a similar example; Musée Magnelli, Massier, L'Introduction de la Céramique Artistique sur la Côte d'Azur, Paris, 2000, p. 75 cat. 49 for another associated with a heron pedestal and The Delphin Massier Catalogue of 1908, p. 21 and 26, no. 1002, for an archival photograph of this form in three sizes; also see The Animal Art Collection, Christie's, New York, 20 & 21 January 2004, lot 719 for a slightly smaller example.