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Lot 171

A large Rouen faience charger, early 18th century

30 June 2015, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £3,125 inc. premium

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A large Rouen faience charger, early 18th century

Decorated with a central coat of arms flanked by lions surrounded by a circular foliate and floral border, the moulded fluted rim with a border of small lambrequin elements enclosing single stylised flowerheads, 56cm diam.

Footnotes

Examples with similar decoration are in the collections of the Musée du Louvre, Paris, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (illustrated in A. Lane, French Faïence (1970), no.18, C.).

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