Plate 1889 World's Fair Ludovic Napoléon Lepic

VERY RARE PLATE FROM THE LEPIC SET DISPLAYED AT THE WORLD’S FAIR

OF 1889 ALONGSIDE THE ROUSSEAU SET.

MARKED ON THE BACK: DEPOSE LÉVEILLE 74 BD HAUSMANN and, in recessed lettering, TERRE DE FER.

SUPERB "MARINE" DECOR BY ARTIST LUDOVIC NAPOLEON LEPIC.
VERY RARE PLATE FROM THE LEPIC SET PRESENTED AT THE 1889 WORLD’S FAIR

NEAR THE ROUSSEAU SET.

MARKED ON THE BACK: "DEPOSE LEVEILLE 74 BD HAUSMANN" and "TERRE DE FER" in intaglio.

CREAM-COLORED CLAY AND BROWN COMBED PATTERN AROUND THE RIM.......S U P E R B.

SHORTLY BEFORE HIS DEATH IN 1889, LEPIC DESIGNED FOR THE LEVEILLE HOUSE

IN PARIS A COLLECTION OF DECORATIVE ELEMENTS INSPIRED BY THE SEA, MARINE-INSPIRED DECORATIONS, THE DESIGNS OF WHICH

ARE COLLECTED IN TWO ALBUMS.

SET PRESENTED AT THE 1889 WORLD’S FAIR IN PARIS.

LEPIC WAS A PAINTER OF THE BERCK-SUR-MER SCHOOL.

A MOVEMENT BRINGING TOGETHER IMPRESSIONIST AND

NATURALIST PAINTERS EXPLORING MARINE THEMES.

DECOR ENHANCED WITH BRUSHSTROKES ON EARTHENWARE FROM THE

CREIL AND MONTEREAU MANUFACTORY. COMMISSIONED BY LEVEILLE FROM LEPIC.

SIGNATURE LISTED IN THE SIGNATURE BOOK OF Creil and Montereau.

VERY RARE PLATES DEPICTING THE SEA FROM LEPIC.

SOME PIECES WERE EXHIBITED IN 2017 AT THE BERCK-SUR-MER MUSEUM.

AND LATER AT THE CREIL MUSEUM.

BEAUTIFUL PLATE WITH STUNNING POLYCHROME DECORATION IN PERFECT CONDITION.

VERY LARGE PLATE. Diameter: 25.8 cm.