PART II OF A NEW YORK COLLECTION (LOTS 175-215)

A PAIR OF CHOISY-LE-ROI (HAUTIN & BOULANGER) MAJOLICA MODELS OF A COCKEREL AND A HEN AND CHICK (POULE DE HOUDAN)

CIRCA 1875, BLACK PRINTED MONOGRAM AND SCRIPT MARKS, IMPRESSED MODEL NOS. 1281 AND 1334, VARIOUS IMPRESSED NUMERALS AND CYPHERS, BOTH AFTER A MODEL BY AND INCISED P.(AUL) COMOLERA

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A PAIR OF CHOISY-LE-ROI (HAUTIN & BOULANGER) MAJOLICA MODELS OF A COCKEREL AND A HEN AND CHICK (POULE DE HOUDAN)
CIRCA 1875, BLACK PRINTED MONOGRAM AND SCRIPT MARKS, IMPRESSED MODEL NOS. 1281 AND 1334, VARIOUS IMPRESSED NUMERALS AND CYPHERS, BOTH AFTER A MODEL BY AND INCISED P.(AUL) COMOLERA
The rooster strutting before a vase modeled as a sheaf of wheat applied with flowers; the hen with cocked head, a worm in her beak, an open-mouthed chick at her feet, before a vase modeled as fern
26 ¾ in. (67.9 cm.) high, the cockerel

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 24 October 2006, lot 238 (the hen).

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Lot Essay

Compare M. Karmason with J. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, updated 2002, p. 176. Also see Christie's, New York, 24 October 2006, lots 238 and 239; and Christie’s, New York, 23 November 2010, lot 111.

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