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    Sale 1327

    Captains and Kilns: European Ceramics, Chinese Export and

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    20 - 21 January 2004

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    • FOUR FRENCH MAJOLICA TROMPE L'
    Lot 776

    FOUR FRENCH MAJOLICA TROMPE L'OEIL OYSTER PLATES

    INCISED MARK FOR ST. CLEMENT, MODEL NO. 4589, 20TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    USD 1,135

    Estimate

    USD 300 - USD 500

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    FOUR FRENCH MAJOLICA TROMPE L'OEIL OYSTER PLATES
    INCISED MARK FOR ST. CLEMENT, MODEL NO. 4589, 20TH CENTURY
    Each moulded with six angled oyster shell pockets about a central lemon-shaped well, on a textured ground, within a twisted rope rim
    10 in. (25cm.) diameter (4)

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    Lot Essay

    See Snyder, p. 42 for a similar example.

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