MASSIER, PAIR OF HERON AND FLAMINGO PLANTERS AND SELLETTES, SLIP VALLAURIS

MASSIER, PAIR OF HERON AND FLAMINGO PLANTERS AND SELLETTES, SLIP VALLAURIS

Ceramic
Date
circa 1890
Size
Total height 127 cm
Collection
Barbotine & Majolica
Condition
Good
Inventory number
531 / 532
Price
16800
 

Jérôme MASSIER (1820-1909) - VALLAURIS

Decor with a heron
Planter and saddle in polychrome slip with decoration in high relief on the saddle of a heron. Removable basin with three detached upper handles with thistle bodies (small chips and light repaints).
Signed and located on the reverse of the planter.
Planter - High. : 35cm; Saddle - High. : 92 cm
Bibliography: Jérôme Massier, A la grande manufacture - Faïences d'Art, commercial catalogue, Vallauris, c. 1890, model of the cache-pot referenced under n° 419 and model of the column referenced under n° 499 bis, the two elements reproduced pl. 14.

Pink flamingo decoration
Planter and saddle in polychrome slip with decoration in high relief on the saddle of a pink flamingo. Removable basin with three detached upper handles with thistle bodies (small chips and light repaints).
Signed and located on the reverse of the planter.
Planter - High. : 35cm; Saddle - High. : 92 cm
Bibliography: Jérôme Massier, At the big factory - Earthenware, commercial catalog, Vallauris, c. 1890, model of the cache-pot referenced under n° 419 and model of the column referenced under n° 499, the two elements reproduced pl. 14.