A FRENCH ENAMELED FAIENCE FINE RECTANGULAR PLAQUE, ROMEO AND JULIET
A FRENCH ENAMELED FAIENCE FINE RECTANGULAR PLAQUE, ROMEO AND JULIET

1884, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED ON THE FRONT TH. LEROY, D'APRÈS UN GROUPE DE MM L. GRÈGOIRE APPR. À MM SUSSE F(RÈRES) , THE REVERSE INSCRIBED AND DATED E.(MILE) DELFORGE, PARIS 1884. APPLICATION À LA CÈRAMIQUE DES ÉMAUX SUR PAILLONS. (EMAUX DE LIMOGES), STENCILED 999JV AND PAINTED 157

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A FRENCH ENAMELED FAIENCE FINE RECTANGULAR PLAQUE, ROMEO AND JULIET
1884, inscribed and signed on the front Th. LEROY, D'après un Groupe de Mm L. GRÈGOIRE appr. à MM SUSSE F(rères) , the reverse inscribed and dated E.(mile) Delforge, Paris 1884. application à la Cèramique des émaux sur Paillons. (Emaux de Limoges), stenciled 999JV and painted 157
Convex, finely painted, applied with foil and enameled with a Renaissance couple dancing on a marble floor before a colonnaded interior, their costumes enriched with gilt
28¼ x 18½ in. (72 x 47 cm.), within a blue velvet and giltwood frame

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Jean-Louis Grègoire, French, (1840-1890)

See Sotheby's, New York, 22 November 2005, lot 125 for a bronze group of this subject by Grègoire and inscribed Susse Frères, Paris.
Also see the note on lot 122 for information on the collaboration between Delforge and Leroy.