22 - APREY

APREY Lidded water jug with polychrome decoration featuring a large bouquet of delicate flowers and a pink border around the rim. The lid’s knob is shaped like yellow fruit, and its mount is made of pewter. The handle and serrated rim of the base have been repaired. Marked in purple on the inside of the lid and under the base: interlaced “C. AP.” 18th century Height: 24.5 cm Provenance: - Former Espezel Collection, Tumin Collection no. 189. Exhibition: - Featured in the 1932 exhibition of French earthenware, plate 5 B. Bibliography: - Reproduced in Lane, *French Faïence*, pl. 88a.