Nevers Late 18th Century - Revolutionary Period - "w Liberty"

NEVERS Late 18th Century
Revolutionary Period Uncommon Subject

Ref.: FC 120

Earthenware plate with a high-fire glaze and white slip.
`Contoured rim with patriotic polychrome decoration.
In the center, on a mound, a cherub wearing a tricolor sash presents a sign inscribed: "W la liberté" (W for Liberty)
hanging from a Liberty Tree.
The tree is topped with a Phrygian cap with a tricolor ribbon.
A flag completes the scene.
On the rim, double lines and a beaded frieze.

The "W" in Nevers means "Vive" (Long Live).

Diameter: 22.5 cm

Very slight chips.

Bibliography: BONNET, Collection of Louis HEITSCHEL, p. 126, no. 197.
MOINET, BILLON-TOURET, Revolutionary Ceramics, p. 136, no. 241.

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