CIRCA 1880, BLACK PAINTED MARKS FOR DELPHIN MASSIER, VALLAURIS, (A.M.)
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A FRENCH MAJOLICA YELLOW-GROUND UMBRELLA STAND Circa 1880, black painted marks for Delphin Massier, Vallauris, (A.M.)
Modelled seated upright with wide gaping mouth, the hind legs and webbed feet forming a reservoir
27½ in. (70 cm.) high
Lot Essay
For a similar model see Maryse Bottero, Barbotines de la Côte d'Azur, Paris, 2002, p. 59, fig. 6.; Also see The Delphin Massier Catalogue of 1908, planche 27, no. 1222.
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