Description
MARSEILLE Covered ewer of baluster form and its basin, out of earthenware, handle in volute connected to the lid by a silver chain, the low part of the ewer with profile of shell. Polychrome decoration and gold highlights of scenes of maritime landscapes animated with fishermen on the outer walls of the basin, flowers inside. On the body of the ewer, in a seascape with ruins are five characters including four ladies of quality in period dress, one holding a parasol and a gentleman sitting on a rock. The lid decorated with a gold shell and attributes of fishing and flowers. Gold festoon and highlights on the handle and shells in relief. Manufacture G. Robert XVIIIth century around 1765 - 1770. Ewer H. : 28,5 cm Basin L : 38,3 cm Chips on the edge of the basin and the lid, a scratch and chips. Provenance: Maison Vandermeersch Paris and Gilbert Lévy Paris. Reproduced in : J. Chompret.J. Bloch. Guerin. Alfassa. Repertory of the French earthenware. 1933 Volume II pl.63 B Appeared at the Colonial Exhibition, Provencal Art, Marseille 1922 & A.D Paris 1932. French Faience from 1525 to 1820. Palais du Louvre Pavillon de Marsan 1932. Page 241 n° 1550. Collection A.M Souzy For a model of the same quality see : D. Maternaty-Baldouy. A collector and patron of Marseilles. Provençal earthenware & Ottoman ceramics. Ed. Barthélémy Avignon Exhibition November 2006 - March 2007. Center of the Vieille Charité Marseille. Pages 148 & 149 n° 102 & 103.
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MARSEILLE Covered ewer of baluster form and its basin, out of earthenware, handle in volute connected to the lid by a silver chain, the low part of the ewer with profile of shell. Polychrome decoration and gold highlights of scenes of maritime landscapes animated with fishermen on the outer walls of the basin, flowers inside. On the body of the ewer, in a seascape with ruins are five characters including four ladies of quality in period dress, one holding a parasol and a gentleman sitting on a rock. The lid decorated with a gold shell and attributes of fishing and flowers. Gold festoon and highlights on the handle and shells in relief. Manufacture G. Robert XVIIIth century around 1765 - 1770. Ewer H. : 28,5 cm Basin L : 38,3 cm Chips on the edge of the basin and the lid, a scratch and chips. Provenance: Maison Vandermeersch Paris and Gilbert Lévy Paris. Reproduced in : J. Chompret.J. Bloch. Guerin. Alfassa. Repertory of the French earthenware. 1933 Volume II pl.63 B Appeared at the Colonial Exhibition, Provencal Art, Marseille 1922 & A.D Paris 1932. French Faience from 1525 to 1820. Palais du Louvre Pavillon de Marsan 1932. Page 241 n° 1550. Collection A.M Souzy For a model of the same quality see : D. Maternaty-Baldouy. A collector and patron of Marseilles. Provençal earthenware & Ottoman ceramics. Ed. Barthélémy Avignon Exhibition November 2006 - March 2007. Center of the Vieille Charité Marseille. Pages 148 & 149 n° 102 & 103.
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