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a tournai porcelain polychrome ornithological saucer
1787-1793, IMPRESSED MARKS
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a tournai porcelain polychrome ornithological saucer
1787-1793, impressed marks
From the service du duc d'Orleans, after engravings from l'histoire naturelle des oiseaux by Buffon, decorated with a bird perched on a branch, the dark-blue ground border gilt with scrolls reserved with three roundels depicting insects, inscribed toucan à gorge jaune du Brésil to the reverse
10.5cm. diam.
1787-1793, impressed marks
From the service du duc d'Orleans, after engravings from l'histoire naturelle des oiseaux by Buffon, decorated with a bird perched on a branch, the dark-blue ground border gilt with scrolls reserved with three roundels depicting insects, inscribed toucan à gorge jaune du Brésil to the reverse
10.5cm. diam.