"Oblong Sauceboat In Marseille Earthenware, Flower Decor, Factory Of Savy, 18th Century."
Sauce boat covered in oblong shape on four feet with spout in Marseille earthenware with polychrome decoration of thrown bouquets of flowers, the handle in the shape of an oath, taken from the lid in the shape of a lying sheep.Savy factory, circa 1765-70, second half of the 18th century.
Length: 28cm; Height: 11.5cm.
A chip on the edge of the sauce boat and tiny crack at the bottom restored ; redone sheep's ears.
Cf. Danielle Maternati-Baldouy, Earthenware and Porcelain of Marseilles 17th-18th centuries, p. 174 and 175, n°215 and 216, ed. RMN-Musées de Marseille, 1997.
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