10 - NIDERVILLER

NIDERVILLER Pair of oval-shaped deep dishes with a curved rim decorated in shades of purple: one depicts a hurdy-gurdy player standing in front of a ruined tower, and the other shows a couple in front of a house. The rim features a purple border embellished with rocaille motifs. Marked “N” in manganese and a green border under the foot. (Numerous chips on the rim and a chip on the bottom of the bowl where the man is depicted) 18th century, circa 1755 Length: 27 cm Provenance: - Hôtel Drouot auction, April 27, 1994, Lot No. 218. Bibliography: - Exhibition: “French Ceramics: 18th- and 19th-Century Masterpieces from Lorraine,” High Museum of Art, Atlanta, USA, Lot No. 59. - *Lorraine Ceramics: Masterpieces of the 18th and 19th Centuries*, p. 107, published by Presses universitaires de Nancy in 1990.