Malicorne Earthenware Pitcher Signed émile Tessier

Earthenware pitcher decorated with disheveled blue and ocher tulips surrounding a round medallion presenting a young viol or luth player in shades of blue. Signature in black ET for Émile Tessier (1887-1971).
The word "Sample" is engraved in the earth on the heel of the pitcher.
This pitcher is a sample, certainly a test to renew the manufacture's models.
Indeed, in 1924, it was Émile Tessier, a former worker for Léon Pouplard earthenware manufacturer from Malicorne, who founded the "Faïenceries d'Art" of Malicorne.
He will invent new decorations, drawing inspiration from the decorations of the great earthenware of the 18th century and creating new shapes enabled by openwork techniques.

NB: This model of pitcher is undoubtedly unique with this atypical shape of Malicorne productions and a decoration inspired by the large flowers of the 17th century in France.