A PAIR OF FRENCH (GIBUS & REDON) PATE-SUR-PATE CHOCOLATE-GROUND SEAUX

CIRCA 1880, GREEN PRINTED G & R MARKS, PAINTED MODEL NO. 426., SIGNED MM

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A PAIR OF FRENCH (GIBUS & REDON) PATE-SUR-PATE CHOCOLATE-GROUND SEAUX
CIRCA 1880, GREEN PRINTED G & R MARKS, PAINTED MODEL NO. 426., SIGNED MM
EACH OF TAPERING CYLINDRICAL FORM, FINELY PAINTED AND HAND-TOOLED IN WHITE SLIP WITH AN OPEN-WINGED BIRD PERCHED AMONG GRASSES, BRAMBLE AND BLOSSOMING FLOWERS, THE REVERSE WITH A FLOWERING CONVOLVULUS VINE, ALL BETWEEN CHASED AND BLACK TRACERY ENRICHED GILT BANDS, RAISED ON FOUR SCROLL FEET
7 1/8 IN. (18 CM.) HIGH (2)

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IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT BERNARD BUMPUS CITES GIBUS AND ITS SUCCESSORS, INCLUDING GIBUS & REDON, AS BEING THE 'MOST CONSISTENT AND SUCCESSFUL MAKER OF PâTE-SUR-PâTE IN LIMOGES'. SEE BUMPUS, PâTE-SUR-PâTE, THE ART OF CERAMIC RELIEF DECORATION, 1849-1992, LONDON, 1992, P. 80.

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