A FRENCH PALISSY STYLE FAIENCE TROMPE L'OEIL MIRROR FRAME

CIRCA 1870-80, ATTRIBUTED TO THE SCHOOL OF PARIS, PROBABLY THOMAS SERGENT

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A FRENCH PALISSY STYLE FAIENCE TROMPE L'OEIL MIRROR FRAME
CIRCA 1870-80, ATTRIBUTED TO THE SCHOOL OF PARIS, PROBABLY THOMAS SERGENT
The oval frame molded and applied with a frog, a snail, a snake and a large moth among blossoming convolvulus vine and other flora, above an oak stump issuing to two sinuous leafy branches bearing acorns
16 in. (40.5 cm.) high

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The present example is a rare model and possibly a unique survivor as no other comparable works could be found at the time of cataloguing.

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