Lot 522
  • 522

Boîte à épices couverte en faïence de Rouen du début du XVIIIe siècle

Estimate
2,500 - 4,000 EUR
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Description

  • Long. 11,5 cm
  • Length 4 1/2 in
de forme rectangulaire à pans coupés, à trois compartiments, fin décor en camaïeu bleu d'un galon à fond bleu orné de fleurs et rinceaux sur le corps et sur le couvercle de quatre réserves contournées à fond bleu à rinceaux et fleurs, la prise du couvercle à pois bleus ; (trois encoches originelles et trois autres faites postérieurement à l'intérieur du couvercle)

Provenance

Ancienne collection Papillon, 2ème vente, 7-9 mai 1919, n° 215.

Exhibited

A figuré à l'Exposition rétrospective de la Faïence française, musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, 1932, n°198.

Literature

Reproduite dans le Répertoire de la Faïence française, tome IV, Rouen, pl. 83, Paris, 1933.

Condition

Three original notches and three later notches on the inside rim of the cover. Very minor flaking to glaze on the rim of the body.
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