Joseph MOUGIN (1876-1961) MOUGIN FRERES - NANCY Lyre" bowl on stoneware pedestal with circular body. Decorated with a frieze of interlacing and pastilles, enameled in red, blue and ochre with beige and bluish enamel, and crystallized blue enamel on the inside. Signed on the reverse and marked 303J and 123P. H. 13 - D. 21.5 cm Bibliography: Jacques Peiffer, Joseph & Bernard Mougin - Ode à la femme, Éditions Faton, Dijon, 2011, model referenced as n°303J in the 1921 directory restored p. 57.

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