A PAIR OF SEVRES PORCELAIN PATE-SUR-PATE CELADON-GROUND VASES

DATED 1887, IRON-RED REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE 87 MARKS AND REMNANT OF GREEN LOZENGE MARK, POTTER'S PN, AB AND 86-1, SIGNED T.(AXILE) DOAT

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A PAIR OF SEVRES PORCELAIN PATE-SUR-PATE CELADON-GROUND VASES
DATED 1887, IRON-RED REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE 87 MARKS AND REMNANT OF GREEN LOZENGE MARK, POTTER'S PN, AB AND 86-1, SIGNED T.(AXILE) DOAT
Each decorated in teal and inscribed either 'SI TU VEUX LA PAIX PREPARE LA GUERRE' above 'PAIX', 'LIBERTE' and 'CONCORDE' or 'QUI VIVE? FRANCE! LIGUE DES PATRIOTES' above 'REVANCHE', 'PATRIE' and 'GLORIE', all surmounting three finely painted and hand-tooled pâte-sur-pâte medallions depicting either Art, Commerce and Industry or Metz, Strausborg, and Mulhouse, respectively
9 3/8 in. (23.7 cm.) high

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The League of Patriots (Ligues des Patriotes) was founded in 1882 by the nationalist poet Paul Déroulède, historian Henri Martin, and the politician, and future President of France, Félix Faure. The French organization was founded in response to France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian war primarily to further pre-military training. Members included literarians like Victor Hugo, scholars and politicians. While the organization's trajectory shifted in the 1890's, the early inception is often credited with pioneering French Nationalism.

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