*CHAMPAGNE, VERY RARE PASTE TIN, "F[ait ou Fecit] A Reims", - Lot 216

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*CHAMPAGNE, VERY RARE PASTE TIN, "F[ait ou Fecit] A Reims", - Lot 216
*CHAMPAGNE, VERY RARE PASTE TIN, "F[ait ou Fecit] A Reims", late 18th century Covered tureen in the shape of a violin, entirely covered with a manganese brown glaze. Beautiful detailed decoration executed by stamping and pastillage. The lid is decorated with cabochons adorned with fleur-de-lis, vine (?) and the inscription "FAREIMS" in a cartouche. Handle for the grip on the large side. Two grip buttons in high relief on the lid and another on the short side. Length : 57 cm, width : 27 cm A similar model but less rich is reproduced p.34, Poteries rustiques, by P. M. Favelac, Massin. The precious work of René Gandhilon reproduces plate VI, three cribs of the same shape and decorated according to the same principle, preserved in the National Museum of Ceramics of Sèvres and in the Lorrain Museum of Nancy. Their lids are decorated with the inscription "Epernay", in "Potters and glazed potteries of Epernay in Champagne (XVIIth-XIXth century)" in Mémoires de la Société d'Agriculture, Commerce, Sciences & Arts de la Marne, 1982.
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