MOUSTIERS - Lot 273

MOUSTIERS Covered round earthenware bowl with green and ochre decoration of grotesques, fantastical animals and flowering mounds, the handles and cover decorated with fantastical birds. Mark in ochre OL C on the inside of the lid for Claude Chaix, apprentice at Olérys in 1746, painter from 1748 to 1761. Manufacture Olérys. 18th century. L. including handles: 27 cm AJC Chip on the handle, restored crack on the lid, small cracks on the handles. Label on reverse: Musée Bernard d'Agesci. Niort Faïences exhibition Oct. 3-Nov. 15, 2009 no. 234 and Donjon, Niort Ceramics exhibition Summer 2010 Bibliography: For marks see: Bulletin Académie de Moustiers n° 53 - 2003. B. de Rességuier pages 29 to 40. Provenance: F. and P. Deguingand earthenware collection.