Lot Essay
A Strasbourg centrepiece of similar form is illustrated by A. Faÿ-Hallé and C. Lahaussois, Le grand livre de la faïence française (Fribourg, 1986), p. 176, no. 218.
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CIRCA 1770, MANGANESE 4 MARK
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A SCHREZHEIM FAYENCE TABLE CENTREPIECE
CIRCA 1770, MANGANESE 4 MARK
Painted in blue, green, yellow and manganese, the shaped quatrefoil top with bouquets, flower-sprays and foliage, resting on four scrolling female caryatid supports joined by an X-framed stretcher formed by their extended hair, each support with a dolphin head lower part, on a similarly shaped quatrefoil stepped plinth base with flower-sprays and foliage (slight chipping and flaking to glaze, one 'stretcher' with extended firing crack)
Approximately 8 in. (20.2 cm.) high
CIRCA 1770, MANGANESE 4 MARK
Painted in blue, green, yellow and manganese, the shaped quatrefoil top with bouquets, flower-sprays and foliage, resting on four scrolling female caryatid supports joined by an X-framed stretcher formed by their extended hair, each support with a dolphin head lower part, on a similarly shaped quatrefoil stepped plinth base with flower-sprays and foliage (slight chipping and flaking to glaze, one 'stretcher' with extended firing crack)
Approximately 8 in. (20.2 cm.) high
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