Lot 150

An Extremely Large 18th Century Rouen Blue & White Faience Armorial Charger, Circa 1720. Elaborately decorated with a heraldic shield flanked by rampant lions encircled by a band of flowers and foliage, with a border of small lambrequen elements enclosing single stylised flower heads, 22” (56 cm) in diameter. Examples with similar decoration are in the collection of the Musee du Louvre, Paris, and the Victorian & Albert Museum London (illustrated in A. Lane, French Faience (1970) No. 18, C.)

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Description

An Extremely Large 18th Century Rouen Blue & White Faience Armorial Charger, Circa 1720. Elaborately decorated with a heraldic shield flanked by rampant lions encircled by a band of flowers and foliage, with a border of small lambrequen elements enclosing single stylised flower heads, 22” (56 cm) in diameter. Examples with similar decoration are in the collection of the Musee du Louvre, Paris, and the Victorian & Albert Museum London (illustrated in A. Lane, French Faience (1970) No. 18, C.)