MARSEILLE - Lot 252

MARSEILLE Two earthenware rim plates with openwork wings. Polychrome decoration of an off-center bouquet of flowers and butterflies, one decorated with a cut fig. The wing is highlighted with foliage and garlands in purple and green monochrome. Marked: VP in black, Manufacture de la veuve Perrin. 18th century D. 24 cm AJC Provenance: J. Roubaud Collection Nathalie Vallette Collection. Jacques Reggio-Paquet Collection Christie's sale October 21, 2013 lot 153 One appeared in the exhibition "La faïence de Marseille au XVIIIème siècle, La Manufacture de la Veuve Perrin, Musées de Marseille, Marseille, octobre 1990 - janvier 1991", reproduced in the catalog page 141 n°82. The other appeared in the exhibition Faïences provençales : Moustiers, Marseille, Aubagne, Varages, Allemagne en Provence : trésors des collections privées à Grasse, Palais des Congrès, Grasse, 1992, reproduced on page 442. Provenance: F. and P. Deguingand earthenware collection.