BY PIERRE REYMOND (C.1513-1584), MID-16TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF CIRCULAR LIMOGES ENAMEL SALT CELLARS DEPICTING THE LABORS OF HERCULES
BY PIERRE REYMOND (C.1513-1584), MID-16TH CENTURY
parcel-gilt grisaille enamel; one with a profile of Venus and the other with Mars; each inscribed at the top of the foot 'PRENES EN GRE' (accept as a gift); the undersides both signed 'PR' and with paper labels inscribed '3062' and 'F 42 / G / II. 101.'
3 ½ in. (8.7 cm.) high
4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) diam.

Provenance

The Collection of the Rothschild family.
By descent to the present owners.

Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
M. Blanc, 'Une nouvelle acquisition du musée des Arts décoratifs de Paris. Une salière en émail peint de Pierre Reymond', Sèvres. revue de la Société des Amis du musée national de Céramique, Sèvres, 2008, no. 17, pp. 32-36.

Conditions of sale

Lot Essay

A similar salt cellar by Reymond with a representation of the mythological gods and with the same words 'PRENES EN GRE' was purchased by Baron Seillière in the collection sale of Prince Soltykoff (sale Drouot, Paris, 8 April-1 May 1861, lot 511).

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