A LARGE 'URNE MYSTERIEUSE' PLATTER

CIRCA 1795

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A LARGE 'URNE MYSTERIEUSE' PLATTER
CIRCA 1795
Showing the classical urn under a weeping willow, its pedestal base forming the profile silhouettes of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, in the tree trunks at each side the silhouettes of the Dauphin and Marie-Therese
17¼ in. (43.7 cm.) wide

Lot Essay

J. Goldsmith-Phillips, China Trade Porcelain, p. 188, illustrates the French Royalist engraving that inspired this pattern, through which citizens of the French republic could surreptiously display their loyalties.

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