A PAIR OF MONTINGY-SUR-LOING RECTANGULAR FAIENCE PLAQUES
A PAIR OF MONTINGY-SUR-LOING RECTANGULAR FAIENCE PLAQUES

DATED 18(89) AND 18(90), BLACK PAINTED MARKS, SIGNED .JEAN (CACHIER)

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A PAIR OF MONTINGY-SUR-LOING RECTANGULAR FAIENCE PLAQUES
DATED 18(89) AND 18(90), BLACK PAINTED MARKS, SIGNED .JEAN (CACHIER)
IN THE BARBOTINE STLYE, EACH FINELY PAINTED IN THE JAPANESE TASTE WITH HOUSE SPARROWS PERCHED AND IN FLIGHT AMONG PEONY ROSES AND ROSE BRIAR
30 X 20½ IN. (76 X 52 CM.), WITHIN WHITE-WASHED WOODEN FRAMES (2)

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JEAN CACHIER (FRENCH, 1855-1924) IS RECORDED AS PAINTER OF COLOURED BARBOTINES AT CHARLES HAVILAND'S CLAYWARE STUDIO IN AUTEUIL, GIEN, MONTIGNY-SUR-LOING AND AS DIRECTOR AT THE EUGENE SCHOPIN FAIENCE MANUFACTORY. SEE PIERRE-OLIVIER FANICA & GéRARD BOUé, CéRAMIQUE IMPRESSIONISTES & GRèS ART NOUVEAU, BRUXELLES, 1988, (1ST ED.) PP. 58 & 196.

JEAN CACHIER IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE KEY FIGURES AT MONTIGNY-SUR-LOING AND IS HERE NOTED AS A PAINTER OF FLOWERS. HE TENDED TO SIGN HIS WORKS 'JEAN' OR 'J.C'.

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