Lot Essay
cf. J. Lemaire, La porcelaine de Tournai décorée à La Haye, p. 161, ill. 194
See illustration
See illustration
1776, MARKED WITH AN UNDERGLAZE BLUE STORK (CIGOGNE)
Details
A small Tournai porcelain The Hague-decorated polychrome ornithological oval tureen and cover
1776, marked with an underglaze blue stork (cigogne)
The bulging body decorated with fowl upon a grassy vignette, the border with oblique panels in slight relief, further with floral garlands alternating with Bleu-du-Roy-ground rocaille panels, the handles modelled as sheafs of corn (gerbe de blé), the domed cover en suite with interlaced handle en suite (tiny inner rim chip)
28cm. wide
1776, marked with an underglaze blue stork (cigogne)
The bulging body decorated with fowl upon a grassy vignette, the border with oblique panels in slight relief, further with floral garlands alternating with Bleu-du-Roy-ground rocaille panels, the handles modelled as sheafs of corn (gerbe de blé), the domed cover en suite with interlaced handle en suite (tiny inner rim chip)
28cm. wide
Provenance
The collection of a Belgian gentleman, Ghent