Description
MOUSTIERS. Large round earthenware dish with blue monochrome decoration in the center of episcopal coat of arms belonging to Ennemond Alleman de Montmartin. Arms: Gules sown with fleur-de-lys or with a silver band in an oval shield surmounted by a crown and flanked by a crozier and a mitre. The wing decorated with foliage and flowers. Two original suspension holes. Manufacture Clérissy. Early 18th century. D. 53 cm. A restoration on the edge. Ennemond Alleman de Montmartin born in Vienne (Isère) in 1660 or 1662 died in Fontainebleau on October 28, 1719. He was appointed prince-bishop of Grenoble on November 1, 1707. Bibliography : Francis Hernandez & Alain de Korsak. The coat of arms identified on the earthenware of Moustiers. Mondial Livre. October 2019 pages 20 & 21. Lucien Dalmasso & B.de Rességuier. Provençal earthenware with arms. Arc-en-Ciel. November 2019 page 7. A similar model sold by Étude Pescheteau-Badin on October 14, 2011 lot 189 A
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MOUSTIERS. Large round earthenware dish with blue monochrome decoration in the center of episcopal coat of arms belonging to Ennemond Alleman de Montmartin. Arms: Gules sown with fleur-de-lys or with a silver band in an oval shield surmounted by a crown and flanked by a crozier and a mitre. The wing decorated with foliage and flowers. Two original suspension holes. Manufacture Clérissy. Early 18th century. D. 53 cm. A restoration on the edge. Ennemond Alleman de Montmartin born in Vienne (Isère) in 1660 or 1662 died in Fontainebleau on October 28, 1719. He was appointed prince-bishop of Grenoble on November 1, 1707. Bibliography : Francis Hernandez & Alain de Korsak. The coat of arms identified on the earthenware of Moustiers. Mondial Livre. October 2019 pages 20 & 21. Lucien Dalmasso & B.de Rességuier. Provençal earthenware with arms. Arc-en-Ciel. November 2019 page 7. A similar model sold by Étude Pescheteau-Badin on October 14, 2011 lot 189 A
