CIRCA 1750, OCHRE FACTORY AND PAINTER'S MARKS

Details

Four Moustiers (Olerys and Laugier) shaped octagonal plates
Circa 1750, ochre factory and painter's marks
Painted in ochre, blue, green and brown, the centres with Diana at rest by a tree, a stag hunt, Orpheus with his lyre and Pan at rest under a tree flanked by goats, within circular cartouches edged with mandering flowering foliage, the borders with swags of flowers suspended from shells and scrolls within ochre and green line rims (slight fritting to rims, stag hunt plate with some flaking to border)
Approximately 9¾ in. (25 cm.) wide (4)

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Lot Essay

The S mark refers to the Salomè family working at Olerys and Laugier, the G mark has been attributed to either Pierre Giroud or Jean François Guiot. See a plate with similar decoration from the Henry J. Reynaud Collection sold in these Rooms on 2nd November 1998, lot 226.

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