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Lot 303*

A Paris plate, circa 1840

23 June – 7 July 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, New Bond Street

£500 - £700

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A Paris plate, circa 1840

The well with a gilt-edged transfer-printed bust portrait of a woman, titled at the base 'LA TÊTE D'UNE FEMME./ ou le Moulin à vent', gilt-edged rim, 21.6cm diam., incised M (?) within a circle (edge of gilt rim slightly worn)

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Provenance:
The Twinight Collection

The rays issuing from the woman's head are inscribed: Vent têtu, Vent de Jalousie, Vent de medisense, Vent naboieux, Mauvaise Lune, Vent inconstant, Vent de Vengeance, Vent de Coquetterie, Vent de contrariété, inscribed at the top Nuée vaporeuse.

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